d UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION

FOGAP IVO ATEMAFAC ET AL CIVIL DOCKET NO. 1:20-CV-01369 #A203600447, SEC P Plaintiff

VERSUS JUDGE JOSEPH

DIANE WITTE ET AL, MAGISTRATE JUDGE PEREZ-MONTES Defendants

MEMORANDUM ORDER Petitioner’s move for an order “immediately returning [Petitioner Bertrand Atenekara Awanaya (“Awanay”) to the Western District of Louisiana. ECF No. 5 at 2. Petitioners’ effectively request two orders: one order barring Awanaya’s removal, and another order requiring Awanaya be transferred back to the Western District of Louisiana. To date, the Court has not determined whether a virtual or in-person hearing will be necessary to decide this case, or whether Awanaya’s or another Petitioner’s presence or testimony may be needed. The Government has also not had the opportunity to offer meaningful counterargument justifying Awanaya’s transfer or prospective removal. This Court has ruled upon the factual, statutory, and procedural issues underlying both requests, and thus, need not do so again here in detail. , No. 1:20-CV-00841-P,

, at *1 (W.D. La. July 16, 2020), report and recommendation adopted, No. 1:20-CV-00841-P,

(W.D. La. Aug. 7, 2020). Petitioner’s request to temporarily bar Awanaya’s removal from the United States — during the pendency of a proceeding in which there may be a hearing before this Court — is hereby GRANTED. Contra. Sharma v. Warden, No. 1:20-CV-00923-P,

, at *1 (W.D. La. July 29, 2020), report and recommendation adopted, No. 1:20-CV-00923-P,

(W.D. La. Aug. 25, 2020). However, Petitioner’s request to be transferred back to this judicial District — a request for the Court to decide matters related to the transfer and detention of civil detainees —is DENIED at present. See, e.g., Jamal, No. 1:20-CV- 00841-P,

, at *1. IT IS ORDERED that Awanaya not be removed from the United States pending further orders from the Court.

SIGNED on Monday, November 9, 2020. THLE JOSEPH H.L. PEREZ-MONTES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE