| Woman from
Jamaica Flown to Louisiana by
ICE After Habeas Is Ordered
Returned Nov 29
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Nov 26 – A woman from Jamaica
has been detained by ICE in 26
Federal Plaza since November 7
and filed a habeas corpus
petition via her life partner
the same day. Inner City Press
is following the case.
The life
partner's filing, marked
Draft, says that "Petitioner
was whisked away and placed in
a holding tank." She is a
"citizen of Jamaica who turned
herself in at the border on or
about January 31, 2023 and was
released under 236 and 1226
authority."
U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jeannette A. Vargas on
November 10 ordered that she
not be removed from the US,
and set a November 13 hearing.
Inner City Press
went for the November 13
hearing in Shawnet Nickesha
Mcdonald v. Francis, the only
media in the courtroom. Judge
Vargas asked if an evidentiary
hearing will be needed and was
told, No, it will turn on
whether detention is under
Section 1225 (a) or (b).
Analysis on
Substack here.
On November 26
after 5 pm Judge Vargas
ordered, "The
Petition was filed before
Petitioner was transferred
to Louisiana, and thus did
not seek transport back to
this District. It did seek,
however, to "[e]njoin the
Respondents from
transferring Petitioner away
from the jurisdiction of
this district" and to compel
the Court to "[g]rant any
other relief which this
Court deems just and
proper." The Court therefore
ORDERS Respondents to
transport Petitioner back to
the Southern District of New
York by November 29, 2025,
to immediately release her
from custody following that
transfer, and to certify
compliance with this order
no later than 5:00 p.m. on
December 1, 2025."
Inner City Press
will continue to report on the
case.
The case
is Mcdonald v. Francis, et
al., 1:25-cv-9355 (Vargas)
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