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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Arbab A., Ibrahim A., Kaltoum A.,
Abdelfaradj A., Abdoulnazir A., Islam A.,
Moustapha A., Samiya A.,
Petitioners,
v.
Pamela Bondi, Attorney General; Kristi
Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security;
Todd M. Lyons, Acting Director of U.S.
Immigration & Customs Enforcement;
Marcos Charles, Acting Executive
Associate Director for Enforcement and
Removal Operations; David Easterwood,
Field Office Director for Enforcement and
Removal Operations; U.S. Immigration &
Customs Enforcement; and U.S.
Department of Homeland Security,
Respondents.
Case No. 26-cv-640 (KMM/ECW)
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Petitioners’ Emergency Motion for a Temporary
Restraining Order. (Dkt. 5.) Petitioners are a family of Sudanese refugees who allege they
are being constructively detained and are at imminent risk of arrest by Respondents. (Dkt.
1 ¶ 89.) Petitioners have raised serious claims and are at imminent risk of irreparable
harm if they are taken into custody. In contrast, a short delay in which they remain at
liberty, but must remain in Minnesota, will not harm Respondents. Further, the public
interest is served by preventing possibly illegal conduct by government agents during the
pendency of this case. See Dataphase Sys., Inc. v. C L Sys., Inc., 640 F.2d 109, 113 (8th
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2
Cir. 1981) (stating factors for determining whether to grant a preliminary injunction); see
also Bassam M. v. Bondi, No. 26-cv-359 (PJS/DJF), Dkt. 3 (D. Minn. Jan. 16, 2026).
In order to preserve the status quo and permit the Court to address Petitioners’
claims in a reasonable fashion, the Court:
1. 	GRANTS the Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (Dkt.
5);
2. 	ENJOINS respondents from arresting or detaining petitioners, or
attempting to arrest or detain petitioners, until further order of the Court;
and
3. 	ENJOINS petitioners from leaving the State of Minnesota, until further
order of the Court.
Date: January 28, 2026 	s/Katherine M. Menendez
Katherine M. Menendez
United States District Judge
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