Behnam Goorakani v. Todd M. Lyons et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Behnam Goorakani, Plaintiff(s), y 25-CV-9346 (DEH) Todd M. Lyons et al., ORDER Defendant(s).

DALE E. HO, United States District Judge: For the reasons stated in this Court’s Opinion and Order in Lopez Benitez v. Francis, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2025 WL 2371588 (S.D.N.Y. August 13, 2025), and in light of Respondents’ concession that Lopez Benitez “would control the result in this case if the Court adheres to [it],” see ECF No. 12 at 3, it is hereby ORDERED that the Petition is GRANTED and that Petitioner be released from custody no later than 5 p.m. on November 24, 2025. The conference previously scheduled for November 25, 2025 is cancelled. Respondents shall certify compliance with this Order with a filing on the docket. An opinion will follow.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 23, 2025 New York, New York Z— DALE E. HO United States District Judge