Case Materials

Please see below for links to select briefs, practice advisories, and other materials developed by IRC, along with related materials of interest. For a description of our general docket, please visit our clinic description at: http://www.law.nyu.edu/academics/clinics/year/immigrantrights/index.htm

Briefs and Petitions

Ragbir No. 18-1587, Government's Reply Memorandum in Support of its Motion to Dismiss the Appeal as Moot (April 27, 2021)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Jan 11, 2018)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Petitioner's Application for Order to Show Cause in Support of Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Jan 11, 2018)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Memo of Law in Support of Writ of Habeas Corpus and Application for Order to Show Cause (Jan 11, 2018)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Signed Order to Show Cause in Support of Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Cause (Jan 11, 2018)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Petitioner's Motion to Enforce the Court's Order of January 11, 2018 (Jan 12, 2018)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Respondent's Memo of Law in Opposition to Motion to Enforce and in Support of Motion to Vacate Portion's of the Courts Order of Jan 11 (Jan 12, 2018)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Petitioner's Memo of Law in Opposition to Motion to Vacate Portions of the Court's Order of Jan 11, 2018 (Jan 15, 2018)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Transcript of January 16, 2018 Hearing (Jan 16, 2018)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Signed Order Mooting Petitioner's Order to Enforce (Jan 17, 2018)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Jan 17, 2018)

Ragbir v. Sessions, Respondent's Memo of Law in Opposition to Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Jan 19, 2018)

Ragbir v Sessions, Petitioner's Reply in Support of Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Jan 25, 2018)

Ragbir, et al. v Homan, et al., Amended Complaint for Declaratory, Injunctive and Habeas Relief (Jul 17, 2018)

Rojas v. Moore, et al., Petitioner's First Amended Verified Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (March 14, 2018)

Amicus Briefs

Amici Brief for Immigration Law Professors in Mellouli v. Holder

Amici Brief for Immigration Law Professors in Moncrieffe v. Holder

Amici Brief for Asian American Justice Center et al. in Vartelas v. Holder

Amici Brief for Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights et al. in Arizona v. U.S.

Amici Brief for Asian American Justice Center et al. in Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder

Amici Brief for Immigration Law Professors and Community Organizations in Castaneda v. Souza  [for amicus briefs filed on similar issues in other circuits, please contact Professor Alina Das at alina.das@nyu.edu]

Amici Brief for American Immigration Lawyers Association in Matter of Garcia-Arreola

Amici Brief for Nonprofit Organizations, Immigrant Rights and Community Groups, and Mental Health Providers in Matter in U.S. v Hernandez-Becerra

Press Release: Operation Streamline Amicus Brief

Practice Advisories

Practice Advisory: Understanding Oliva-Ramos v. Attorney General and the Applicability of the Exclusionary Rule in Immigration Proceedings (Nov. 2012)

Seeking a Judicial Stay of Removal (May 2012)

Vartelas v. Holder: Implications for LPRS Who Take Brief Trips Abroad and Other Potential Impacts (April 2012)

Implications of Judulang v. Holder for LPRS Seeking §212(c) Relief and Other Individuals Challenging Arbitrary Agency Policies (Dec. 2011)

Ensuring Compliance with Padilla v. Kentucky Without Compromising Judicial Obligations (Nov. 2010)

Select Public Case Filings and Decisions

Aganan v. Rodriguez, Nov. 23, 2020 Decision (79)

Aganan v. Rodriguez, Nov. 20, 2020 Letter and Declaration (78)

Aganan v. Rodriguez, June 15, 2020 Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief (51)

FreeThemAll Elizabeth Detention Center (EDC) Class Action (Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief)

Hizam v. Clinton

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, et al., v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al. (FOIA litigation related to barriers to return after successfully challenging a removal order)

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, et al., v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al. (FOIA litigation related to DHS's decision to terminate TPS designation for Haiti)

Complaint Letter filed with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, July 19, 2021. NYU Law Immigrant Rights Clinic and the First Amendment Clinic at Cornell Law School. (retaliatory immigration enforcement by the Department of Homeland Security).

Settlement in Montrevil v. Decker (2021) - Signed Stipulation and Order of Voluntary Dismissal

Complaint Letter filed with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, February 17, 2022. Envision Freedom Fund et al. (civil rights and civil liberties violations at Orange County Correctional Facility)

Complaint Letter filed with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, April 20, 2022. Envision Freedom Fund et al. (updated regarding civil rights and civil liberties violations at Orange County Correctional Facility)

Other Materials of Interest

Community Support Letter Requesting Relief for Sanctuary Leaders Targeted by Punitive Trump-Era ICE Civil Fines Policy

Lora Bond Analysis 

Sanctuary Fines FOIA Letter

Hudson County Jail: The Case for Ending the ICE Contract

Congressional Letter of Support for Jean Montrevil

Press Release: Jean Montrevil Returns Home