Cases · Removals to third countries not named in removal orders
Project Rousseau, Inc. v. David J. Venturella
Latest development
Amended TRO bars removal of five Afghan clients until further order
ECF 26 names six Afghan individuals as plaintiffs and supplies individual and venue allegations. No court determination that it cures the pleading defects or expands ECF 21’s protection is verified. The docket records a proposed scheduling order, ECF 31, filed November 10; no adoption or preliminary-injunction ruling is established.
- Status as of
- November 10, 2026
- Source
- Latest order (PDF)
- Docket reviewed through
- November 11, 2026
About the case
The November 6 order bars removal of five identified Afghan clients to Pakistan, Afghanistan or another third country until further order and requires one week’s notice of removal plans. The November 9 amended complaint, ECF 26, names Project Rousseau, four John Does and two Jane Does and alleges APA, Accardi, due-process and INA/FARRA violations in a proposed removal route through Pakistan. Those are allegations and requests for relief; joining six individuals does not expand the five-person TRO. The docket records a proposed scheduling order on November 10 as ECF 31; its terms and any court adoption remain unverified.
Relief
The amended TRO bars removal of the five identified clients to Pakistan, Afghanistan or any other third country and requires at least one week’s advance notice of removal plans. It preserves jurisdiction while pleading defects are cured and does not certify a class, order release, or finally decide the legality of the guidance.
What's next
Court action on the proposed preliminary-injunction schedule, ECF 31; its proposed dates and any adoption remain unverified. No preliminary-injunction decision is established.
New on the docket, not yet reviewed
Nothing new since the last review.
Reviewed events
Docket recorded proposed preliminary-injunction schedule
Project Rousseau, Inc. v. David J. Venturella · S.D.N.Y. · Source
Amended complaint names six Afghan individuals as plaintiffs
Project Rousseau, Inc. v. David J. Venturella · S.D.N.Y. · Source
Docket recorded amended complaint
Project Rousseau, Inc. v. David J. Venturella · S.D.N.Y. · Source
Court amended and extended TRO protecting five identified Afghan clients
Project Rousseau, Inc. v. David J. Venturella · S.D.N.Y. · Source
Government filed opposition and declaration concerning Afghan clients
Project Rousseau, Inc. v. David J. Venturella · S.D.N.Y. · Source
Court entered limited consent TRO concerning Afghan removal flights
Project Rousseau, Inc. v. David J. Venturella · S.D.N.Y. · Source
Plaintiff moved for emergency TRO
Project Rousseau, Inc. v. David J. Venturella · S.D.N.Y. · Source
Organization filed APA and due-process challenge to Afghan removals
Project Rousseau, Inc. v. David J. Venturella · S.D.N.Y. · Source