Detainee Release Restraining Orders Can Be Immediately Appealed

A Pennsylvania federal court’s temporary restraining orders to release 20 immigrant detainees who are vulnerable to Covid-19 can be directly appealed, according to the Third Circuit, which cited the global pandemic and health crisis that is “anything but typical.”

The appeal stems from an April 3 filing in which 20 detainees housed at York County Prison and Pike County Correction Facility sought immediate release because of underlying health conditions that make them at higher risk for the novel coronavirus.

Judge John E. Jones III of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania granted two sets of orders, ...