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Alex Agyemang v. Warden of Clinton County Correctional Facility

Middle District of PennsylvaniaKaroline MehalchickDecided June 2, 2026No. 3:26-cv-00688

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What the decision decided

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Agency ICE Read by a model
Following his criminal sentence, ICE transferred Agyemang to immigration detention on March 4, 2025.
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Agyemang’s requests to reinstate the Court’s April 30, 2026 order (Doc. 17) releasing him from custody are GRANTED.
Motion decided Preliminary injunction or TRO Read by a model
Petitioner Alex Agyemang’s (“Agyemang”) emergency motion for temporary restraining order to preserve status quo pending protection screening (Doc. 23)
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
Before the Court are Petitioner Alex Agyemang’s (“Agyemang”) emergency motion for temporary restraining order to preserve status quo pending protection screening (Doc. 23);
Disposition Dismissed in part; some claims go on The government's motion to dismiss was granted in part: some claims were dismissed and others go on. Read by a model
Prevailing party Each side in part Read by a model
The other claims Some dismissed, some go on Read by a model
Agyemang’s requests for stay of removal to Sierra Leone are DENIED for lack of jurisdiction. Agyemang’s requests to reinstate the Court’s April 30, 2026 order (Doc. 17) releasing him from custody are GRANTED.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality Ghana Read by a model
Agyemang is a citizen of Ghana

How the case ended

Docket
No. 3:26-cv-00688
Filed
March 17, 2026
Ended
April 30, 2026
Suit's filing to its end
44 days
How it ended
Judgment for the plaintiff
From the record
idb disp 17 (judgment: other), judgment for plaintiff

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why.

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