Ramos v. Sessions

293 F. Supp. 3d 1021
District Court, N.D. California·Decided March 13, 2018·No. Case No. 18–cv–00413–JST·Published·Cited by 16 cases

Opinion

JON S. TIGAR, United States District Judge

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO ENFORCE PRIOR ORDER

Re: ECF Nos. 20, 22

Before the Court are Petitioner Floricel Liborio Ramos's motions for a temporary restraining order ("TRO") and to enforce this Court's prior judgment. ECF Nos. 20, 22. The court will grant the motion to enforce and order Respondents to release Liborio Ramos immediately under appropriate conditions of supervision.

*1024I. BACKGROUND

Floricel Liborio Ramos came to the United States when she was 18 years old, and she has now been here for twenty years. She has three minor children, ages 11, 13, and 17, all of whom are United States citizens. ECF No. 7 at 6-7. Her youngest child has special needs. Id. In 2012, Liborio Ramos became a single mother, and worked two full-time jobs while caring for her children, including making sure her daughter received necessary special education and therapy. Id. at 7.

Liborio Ramos began drinking beer at night to deal with her stress, and she eventually became addicted to alcohol. In November 2015, she pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence and hit-and-run. She was sentenced to probation, community service, and a nine month, video-based DUI education program. Approximately a year later, in November 2016, Liborio Ramos again drove under the influence and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI and driving with a suspended license. She was sentenced to community service and DUI education. Id. at 8; ECF No. 15-1 at 37. The DUI education program she was required to attend was significantly more rigorous and effective than her first set of video classes. Unlike the first program, it included individual counseling and group therapy. Liborio Ramos further committed to rehabilitation by regularly attending church and involving herself in the church community, quitting her restaurant job and finding a new job where she would not be around alcohol, and remaining sober. ECF No. 7 at 8-9.

In March 2017, immigration authorities detained Liborio Ramos, and found that she had a reasonable fear of returning to Mexico where members of the Zetas gang had threatened to kill her and did kill members of her family on the basis of their indigenous identity. Id. at 9-10. She was placed in withholding-only proceedings, due to a removal order she received at the border in 2003. See 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(5). At her merits hearing before an IJ, currently scheduled for March 14, 2018, she will seek relief in the form of withholding of removal on the basis of this reasonable fear. Id.

An IJ held a bond hearing for Liborio Ramos on November 29, 2017, more than eight months after she was detained. ECF No. 7 at 11. The IJ denied Liborio Ramos's release on bond, concluding that she was a flight risk and a danger to the community, and that no amount of bond could secure her release. ECF No. 8-1 at 20. Liborio Ramos then petitioned this Court for habeas corpus relief and moved for a temporary restraining order. ECF Nos. 1, 6. The Court granted in part Liborio Ramos's habeas petition, reasoning that the IJ deprived Liborio Ramos of due process when she failed to hold the government to its burden to show by clear and convincing evidence that Liborio Ramos was a flight risk or a danger to society. ECF No. 19 ("February 15 Order"). The Court ordered the Government to release Liborio Ramos unless it held an additional bond hearing at which the Government demonstrated dangerousness or flight risk by clear and convincing evidence. Id.

On February 22, 2018, the IJ conducted a second bond hearing. The IJ incorporated the evidence she had already received by reference; considered two pieces of additional documentary "evidence", her first bond memorandum and the February 15 Order; and took approximately one additional hour of testimony by Liborio Ramos. ECF No. 20-2 at 4. On March 2, 2018, the IJ issued a second bond memorandum denying bond. Id. In her second memorandum, the IJ recounted the details of Liborio Ramos's two DUIs as well as her rehabilitation efforts.

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