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Sok v. McAleenan

District of MassachusettsIndira TalwaniDecided October 9, 2019No. 1:19-cv-12071

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Agency ICE Read by a model
The Petition asserts further that on October 3, 2019, when Petitioner reported to ICE, he was taken into custody and he remains in ICE’s custody.
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
is ENJOINED from moving Petitioner, Vibol Sok, outside the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts pending further court order.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
On October 6, 2019, Petitioner Vibol Sok filed an Emergency Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and Petition for Writ of Mandamus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1361 [#1].
Disposition Granted in the applicant's favor The principal motion was granted in full: summary judgment for either side, an injunction or TRO, a writ or order to act, fees. A motion to dismiss granted in full counts as Dismissed; a transfer is listed apart. Read by a model
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is ENJOINED from moving Petitioner, Vibol Sok, outside the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts pending further court order.
Prevailing party Applicant Read by a model
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is ENJOINED from moving Petitioner, Vibol Sok, outside the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts pending further court order.
The other claims Relief ordered Read by a model
is ENJOINED from moving Petitioner, Vibol Sok, outside the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts pending further court order.
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

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:19-cv-12071
Filed
October 6, 2019
Ended
October 29, 2019
Suit's filing to its end
23 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 12 (dismissed: voluntarily)

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

Supreme Court and First Circuit authority

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