RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 18a0279p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT USAMA JAMIL HAMAMA, et al., ┐ Petitioners-Appellees, │ │ > Nos. 17-2171/18-1233 v. │ │ │ REBECCA ADDUCCI, et al., │ Respondents-Appellants. │ │ ┘ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit. No. 2:17-cv-11910—Mark A. Goldsmith, District Judge. Argued: April 25, 2018 Decided and Filed: December 20, 2018* Before: BATCHELDER, SUTTON, and WHITE, Circuit Judges. _________________ COUNSEL ARGUED: Scott G. Stewart, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Lee Gelernt, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS PROJECT, New York, New York, Margo Schlanger, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Scott G. Stewart, Michael A. Celone, William C. Silvis, Sarah Stevens Wilson, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Lee Gelernt, Judy Rabinovitz, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS PROJECT, New York, New York, Margo Schlanger, Samuel R. Bagenstos, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michael J. Steinberg, Miriam J. Aukerman, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, Nadine Yousif, Nora Youkhana, CODE LEGAL AID INC., Madison Heights, Michigan, Kimberly L. *This decision was originally filed as an unpublished opinion on December 20, 2018. The court has now designated the opinion for full-text publication. Judge White’s unpublished dissent is replaced with this published dissent. Nos. 17-2171/18-1233 Hamama, et al. v. Adducci, et al. Page 2 Scott, Wendolyn Wrosch Richards, MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK & STONE, PLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, William W. Swor, WILLIAM W. SWOR & ASSOCIATES, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. Cynthia M. Nunez, AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Washington, D.C., Carl M. Levin, Gabriel E. Bedoya, HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND COHN LLP, Detroit, Michigan, Elisa J. Lintemuth, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jason P. Steed, KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP, Dallas, Texas, Amy G. Doehring, MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Noah A. Levine, Jamie S. Dycus, WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae in 17-2171. Gabriel E. Bedoya, HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND COHN LLP, Detroit, Michigan, Jill M. Wheaton, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Nareeneh Sohbatian, WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae in 18-1233. BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SUTTON, J., joined. WHITE, J. (pp. 16–26), delivered a separate dissenting opinion. _________________ OPINION _________________ ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. These consolidated appeals arise from the government’s efforts to execute long-standing final removal orders of Iraqi nationals that the United States had, for many years, been unable to execute. The district court entered two preliminary injunctions: one to halt the removal of Iraqi nationals (removal-based claims) and one to order bond hearings for those Iraqi nationals who continued to be detained after the district court halted their removals (detention-based claims). Because we find the district court lacked the jurisdiction to enter both the removal-based and the detention-based claims, we VACATE the preliminary injunctions for both the removal-based ...
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