Reference

Decisions

Decisions on one question: Liberty interest.

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Ramirez Clavijo v. Kaiser

Preliminary injunction granted. Re-detention enjoined without notice and a hearing; transfer or removal during the case enjoined.

N.D. Cal. August 21, 2025 Investigating. No reporter citation established. Third country: Not in issue. A full-text search of the decision returns no occurrence of the phrase.

The government placed Paula Sofia Ramirez Clavijo in full removal proceedings and released her on her own recognisance. It then sought to move her into expedited removal, a track with far fewer protections. The court held that having put her in full proceedings and released her, the government had given her a protected liberty interest and could not retroactively switch her to the expedited track. It enjoined the government from re-detaining her without notice and a hearing before a neutral decisionmaker, and from transferring or removing her while the case runs.

Redetention Due process Expedited removal Liberty interest Custody hearing Transfer

Caution A district court decision, binding on the parties only. It is about which removal track a person may be placed in and about re-detention. It is not about removal to a third country, and the phrase does not appear in the decision.

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