Central District of California Issues Temporary Restraining Orders in Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem

On July 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued two temporary restraining orders (“TROs”) recognizing suspicionless search, warrantless arrests, and denial of access to counsel in the immigration raids in the Los Angeles area were likely unconstitutional. Read the decision here.

The district court and the Ninth Circuit denied Defendants’ respective requests for a stay of the district court’s TROs pending appeal. Hecker Fink, along with leading civil rights groups, are now preparing preliminary injunction requests to extend the relief the district court granted.

On July 2, 2025, Hecker Fink, Public Counsel, the ACLU of Southern California, and other leading civil rights groups filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California challenging ongoing immigration enforcement and detention operations taking place across Los Angeles and surrounding counties.

The complaint alleges that federal immigration authorities are engaged in a pattern and practice of suspicionless stops and warrantless arrests in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and it challenges the unconstitutional and inhumane conditions of confinement at an ICE detention facility known as “B-18.” As detailed in the complaint and referenced declarations, detainees at the facility, located in Downtown Los Angeles, have been held incommunicado for extended periods without access to counsel; adequate food, water, and medical care; and clean clothes, bedding, and hygiene products.

Prior to the Fourth of July holiday, plaintiffs filed two motions for a temporary restraining order seeking to enjoin the government’s ongoing violations of the Fourth Amendment and to ensure attorney access to individuals held at B-18 as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.

The Ninth Circuit set oral argument on Defendants’ motion to stay the district court’s TRO for July 28.

The Hecker Fink team includes Matthew Craig, Mack Jenkins, Helia Bidad, and Ian Robertson.