Probodanu v. Sessions

387 F. Supp. 3d 1031
CourtDistrict Court, C.D. California
DecidedJune 28, 2019
DocketCase No.: SACV 18-00888-CJC-KS
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases

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Probodanu v. Sessions, 387 F. Supp. 3d 1031 (C.D. Cal. 2019).

Opinion

CORMAC J. CARNEY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

The eleven named Petitioners are Indonesian nationals and citizens seeking to challenge the Government's authority to detain and remove them and other supposedly similarly situated individuals. Petitioners assert eight counts, six of which are brought on behalf of four putative classes. (Dkt. 30 [Operative First Amended Complaint, hereinafter "FAC"].) They generally allege that the Government cannot detain or remove noncitizens subject to a final order of removal where the noncitizen has applied for or requested, or might apply for or request, a variety of immigration benefits. They also challenge the Government's authority to detain and remove a noncitizen subject to a final order of removal after the noncitizen is placed under an order of supervision. Before the Court is the Government's motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint. (Dkt. 41 [hereinafter "Mot."].) For the following reasons, the motion is GRANTED .

II. BACKGROUND

Petitioners, none of whom are currently detained, challenge the Government's alleged treatment of noncitizens who are subject to final orders of removal. The eleven named Petitioners consist of two families. Six of the Petitioners are subject to final orders of removal, whereas four are not. The remaining named Petitioner, Jeremiah Michael Probodanu, was removed to Indonesia before this action was filed.

A. Santosa Family

Petitioners Ferdinandus Santosa, his wife, Anneke Palar, and the couple's two children, Jeremiah Michael Probodanu and Daniella Auningputri, are natives and citizens of Indonesia who were admitted to the United States on tourist visas. (FAC ¶¶ 13-16.) Ms. Palar's parents, Petitioners Albert and Adelena Palar, have resided in the United States as lawful permanent residents since 2011. (Id. ¶¶ 17-18.)

After Petitioners Ferdinandus Santosa, Anneke Palar, Jeremiah Probodanu, and Daniella Auningputri remained in the United States without permission, the Government initiated removal proceedings against each of them. (Id. ¶¶ 33-35.) Mr. Santosa then applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). (Id. ) Ms. Palar, Mr. Probodanu, and Ms. Auningputri were derivative beneficiaries of Mr. Santosa's asylum application. (See id. )

An immigration judge denied Mr. Santosa's application and ordered him and his immediate family removed to Indonesia. Santosa v. Holder , 422 F. App'x 643, 644 (9th Cir. 2011). The Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") dismissed Mr. Santosa's appeal of the immigration judge's decision, and on March 21, 2011, the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of the Board's *1036decision. Id. U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") placed Mr. Santosa and Ms. Palar under orders of supervision on July 18, 2013. (FAC ¶ 38.)

Mr. Santosa and Ms. Palar sought an administrative stay of removal until February 15, 2018, which ICE granted on October 1, 2013. (Id. ¶ 43.) Prior to the February 15, 2018 expiration, Mr. Santosa and Ms. Palar sought another administrative stay, which ICE allegedly "refused to accept." (Id. ¶ 51.) According to the First Amended Complaint, Mr. Santosa and Ms. Palar attended a check in with ICE on June 21, 2018. (Id. ¶ 55.) An immigration officer allegedly confirmed that a motion to reopen was pending and instructed them to appear again on April 10, 2019. (Id. ) Mr. Santosa and Ms. Palar allegedly "fear that they will be arrested and detained at their 10 April 2019 check-in date or at any time Defendants so decide." (Id. ¶ 63.) However, they do not claim that they were arrested or detained at the April 10, 2019 check in. (See generally Dkt. 42 [Opp'n].) The Santosa family allegedly submitted a "combined motion to reopen" and an "Amended Request and Restated Motion to Reopen Based on Country Conditions and a Request for a Stay of Removal." (Id. ¶ 52.) It is unclear when either were filed.

As for Ms. Auningputri and Mr. Probodanu, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") granted them deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ("DACA"), a federal immigration policy that allows individuals who entered the United States as children to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation. (See id. ¶ 40.) USCIS granted Mr. Probodanu's DACA renewal request on July 27, 2015, effective until July 26, 2017. (Id. ¶ 42.) On December 21, 2016, ICE placed Mr. Probodanu under an order of supervision instructing him to appear before an immigration officer in December 2017. (Id. ¶ 44.)

Mr. Probodanu did not submit a DACA renewal request before it expired on July 26, 2017. At his December 12, 2017 check in, Mr. Probodanu was arrested and issued a written warning. (Id. ¶ 46.) His wife, Tatiana Ayhuan-Probodanu, submitted a Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) on December 22, 2017 to initiate a family-based status adjustment. (Id. ¶ 47.) While in detention, Mr. Probodanu submitted a DACA renewal request, which USCIS denied for lack of jurisdiction. (Id. ¶¶ 49, 53.) Days later on March 20, 2018, ICE removed Mr. Probodanu to Indonesia. (Id. ¶ 54.) On September 20, 2018, USCIS approved his wife's Form I-130. (Id. ¶ 57.) USCIS has purportedly "refuse[d] to transmit" the approved Form I-130 to the National Visa Center. (Id. )

Ms. Auningputri appeared at a check in with ICE on December 7, 2018, and was instructed to appear again in November 2019. (Id. ¶ 58.) She likewise alleges that she fears she will be detained "at any time Defendants so decide." (Id. ¶ 63.)

B. Woy Family

Eldridge Woy, his wife, Lora Londa, and the couple's son, Echglene Woy, are citizens and nationals of Indonesia who were admitted to the United States on tourist visas. (Id. ¶¶ 65-67.) When the Woy family remained in the United States without permission, the Government initiated removal proceedings against each of them. Woy v. Holder , 361 F. App'x 725 (9th Cir. 2009). Like Mr. Santosa, Mr. Woy applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the CAT. See id. at 725-26. An immigration judge denied Mr. Woy's application and ordered each member of the Woy family removed to Indonesia. Id. The Board dismissed the family's appeal and on December 28, 2009, the *1037Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of the Board's decision.

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