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Case 5:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP ECF No. 44 filed 04/26/20 PageID.1010 Page 1 of 37 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN JANET MALAM, Petitioner-Plaintiff, - against - No. 2:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP REBECCA ADDUCCI, et al., Respondent-Defendants. PETITIONER-PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Petitioner-Plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) Qaid Alhalmi, Tomas Cardona Ramirez, Julio Fernando Medina Euceda, Damary Rodriguez Salabarria, Emanuel Rosales Borboa, and Min Dan Zhang hereby move this Court, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 65, for a temporary restraining order requiring their immediate release from the Calhoun County Correctional Center. The grounds for this motion are set forth in the Brief in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, filed herewith and the accompanying Declarations in support. In accordance with Local Rule 7.1(a), the Plaintiffs’ counsel contacted Jennifer Newby, counsel for Respondent-Defendants, and Andrew Stacer, counsel for separately-represented Petitioner-Plaintiff Janet Malam, to seek their consent of 1 Case 5:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP ECF No. 44 filed 04/26/20 PageID.1011 Page 2 of 37 this motion. At the time of this filing, neither Ms. Newby nor Mr. Stacer had responded to Plaintiffs’ request. Dated: April 26, 2020 Respectfully submitted, _________________________/s/ Miriam J. Aukerman Miriam J. Aukerman (P63165) Anand V. Balakrishnan Ayesha Elaine Lewis* Michael K.T. Tan American Civil Liberties Union Omar C. Jadwat* Fund of Michigan American Civil Liberties Union 1514 Wealthy Street SE, Suite 260 Foundation Immigrants’ Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Rights Project Telephone: (616) 301-0930 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor [email protected] New York, New York 10004 Telephone: (212) 549-2660 Daniel S. Korobkin (P72842) [email protected] Monica C. Andrade (P81921) [email protected] American Civil Liberties Union [email protected] Fund of Michigan 2966 Woodward Avenue My Khanh Ngo Detroit, MI 48201 American Civil Liberties Union Telephone: (313) 578-6824 Foundation Immigrants’ [email protected] Rights Project David C. Fathi* 39 Drumm Street Eunice H. Cho San Francisco, CA 94111 American Civil Liberties Union Telephone: (415) 343-0770 Foundation, National Prison [email protected] Project 915 15th St. N.W., 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 548-6616 [email protected] [email protected] 2 Case 5:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP ECF No. 44 filed 04/26/20 PageID.1012 Page 3 of 37 PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP _________________________/s/ Jeannie S. Rhee Jeannie S. Rhee Jonathan M. Silberstein-Loeb Mark F. Mendelsohn* Katharine W. Gadsden* Rachel M. Fiorill 1285 Avenue of the Americas Peter E. Jaffe New York, N.Y. 10019-6064 2001 K Street NW Telephone: (212) 373-3000 Washington, D.C. 20006-1047 Facsimile: (212) 757-3990 Telephone: (202) 223-7300 [email protected] Facsimile: (202) 223-7420 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs [email protected] [email protected] * Application for admission forthcoming 3 Case 5:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP ECF No. 44 filed 04/26/20 PageID.1013 Page 4 of 37 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN JANET MALAM, Petitioner-Plaintiff, - against - No. 2:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP REBECCA ADDUCCI, et al., Respondent-Defendants. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER-PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Case 5:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP ECF No. 44 filed 04/26/20 PageID.1014 Page 5 of 37 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. i INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1 FACTS ............................................................................................................ 3 I. PLAINTIFFS ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO AND ARE AT GRAVE RISK OF HARM FROM COVID-19. ............................ 4 II. DETENTION AT CALHOUN PUTS PLAINTIFFS AT IMMINENT RISK OF SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM. .................................... 6 III. RELEASE FROM DETENTION IS THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT PLAINTIFFS’ SAFETY AND THEIR DUE PROCESS RIGHTS. ............................................................................................. 14 ARGUMENT ................................................................................................ 16 IV. PLAINTIFFS ARE LIKELY TO SUCCEED ON THE MERITS. ... 17 A. Plaintiffs’ Continued Detention at Calhoun Violates the Fifth Amendment. ............................................................................. 17 B. Plaintiffs’ Release Is the Sole Effective Remedy for the Constitutional Violation at Issue. ............................................. 19 C. Plaintiffs May Seek Relief Through Both Habeas and An Implied Action Under the Due Process Clause. .................................... 21 V. PLAINTIFFS HAVE SATISFIED ALL OTHER FACTORS REQUIRED FOR THIS COURT TO GRANT A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER. .................................................................. 24 A. Plaintiffs’ Exposure to COVID-19 Constitutes Irreparable Harm. .................................................................................................. 24 B. The Public Interest and the Balance of Equities Weigh Heavily in Plaintiffs’ Favor. ....................................................................... 24 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................. 25 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ..................................................................... 26 i Case 5:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP ECF No. 44 filed 04/26/20 PageID.1015 Page 6 of 37 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page(s) Amaya-Cruz v. Adducci, No. 1:20-cv-789, 2020 WL 1903123 (D. Oh. Apr. 18, 2020) ............................ 18 Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Ctr., Inc., 575 U.S. 320 (2015) ............................................................................................ 22 Arriaga Reyes v. Decker, No. 20-cv-3600, ECF No. 27 (D. N.J. Apr. 14, 2020) ....................................... 18 Bahena Ortuño v. Jennings, No. 20-cv-020640-MMC (N.D. Cal. Apr. 8, 2020)............................................ 19 Bahena Ortuño v. Jennings, No. 20-cv-2064, 2020 WL 1701724 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 8, 2020) .......................... 18 Basank v. Decker, No. 20-cv-2518, --- F. Supp. 3d ----, 2020 WL 1481503 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 26, 2020)..................................................................................................... 18 Bell v. Hood, 327 U.S. 678 (1946) ............................................................................................ 22 Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520 (1979) ...................................................................................... 16, 18 Bent v. Barr, No. 19-cv-06123-DMR (N.D. Cal. Apr. 9, 2020) .............................................. 19 Bent v. Barr, No. 4:19-cv-06123, 2020 WL 1812850 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 9, 2020) ..................... 18 Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497 (1954) ............................................................................................ 22 Bravo Castillo v. Barr, No. 20-605-TJH, --- F. Supp. 3d ----, 2020 WL 1502864 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 27, 2020)............................................................................................... 18, 21 Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493 (2011) ............................................................................................ 19 ii Case 5:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP ECF No. 44 filed 04/26/20 PageID.1016 Page 7 of 37 Calderon Jimenez v. Wolf, No. 18-10225-MLW, ECF No. 507 (D. Mass. Mar. 26, 2020) .......................... 19 City of Dearborn v. Comcast of Mich., 558 F. Supp. 2d 750 (E.D. Mich. 2008) ............................................................. 16 Coreas v. Bounds, No TDC-20-0780, ECF No. 56 (D. Md. Apr. 3, 2020) ...................................... 21 Coronel v. Decker, No. 20-cv-2472, --- F.3d ----, 2020 WL 1487274 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 27, 2020) ................................................................................................. 18, 19, 21 Corr. Servs. Corp. v. Malesko, 534 U.S. 61 (2001) .............................................................................................. 22 In re DeLorean Motor Co., 755 F.2d 1223 (6th Cir. 1985) ............................................................................ 16 Dodds v. U.S. Dep’t of Educ., 845 F.3d 217 (6th Cir. 2016) .............................................................................. 24 Durel B. v. Decker, No. 2:20-cv-03430-KM, 2020 WL 1922140 (D.N.J. Apr. 21, 2020) ................ 18 Fofana v. Albence, No. 20-10869, 2020 WL 1873307 (E.D. Mich. Apr. 15, 2020) ......................... 13 Free Enter. Fund v. Pub. Co. Accounting Oversight Bd., 561 U.S. 477 (2010) ............................................................................................ 21 Helling v. McKinney, 509 U.S. 25 (1993) .............................................................................................. 17 Hernandez Roman v. Wolf, No. 5:20-cv-00768-TJH-PVC, 2020 WL 1952656 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 23, 2020) ............................................................................................................. 19 Hernandez Roman v. Wolf, No. 5:20-cv-00768-TJH-PVC, Dkt. 52 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 23, 2020) .................... 18 Hernandez v. Wolf, No. 20-cv-617, Dkt. 17 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 1, 2020) ............................................... 18 iii Case 5:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP ECF No. 44 filed 04/26/20 PageID.1017 Page 8 of 37 Hope