For more than a month, federal immigration officials surveilled Bayron Rovidio Marin in a hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where he lay recuperating from serious injuries to his leg after an encounter with agents at a Carson car wash they raided. He was never charged and his lawyers say he was shackled to his bed for several days and couldn\u2019t speak privately with doctors or legal counsel.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring immigration officials to remove the guards watching over Bayron Rovidio Marin, take off the handcuffs and leave him unrestrained. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe is presently detained under restrictions that limit his access to counsel, medical providers, and family,\u201d U.S. District Judge Cynthia Valenzuela wrote in her Oct. 4 order. \u201cHe has been questioned by government officials while in pain and under the influence of medication. He cannot place phone calls and remains handcuffed to a hospital bed despite a broken leg that prevents him from walking. He has received no more than a vague explanation for his detention, and Respondents\u2019 proffered excuses for delaying a formal notice are unsupported by facts.\u201d <\/p>\n
For the record:<\/p>\n
4:09 p.m. Oct. 7, 2025A previous version of this story incorrectly stated Bayron Rovidio Marin was handcuffed to a hospital bed for more than a month. He was handcuffed for a few days, according to one of his attorneys.<\/p>\n
Despite Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s insistence on holding the man, Valenzuela said the government failed to provide any proof that he had \u201cviolated any law or regulation\u201d or show that he was a \u201cflight risk.\u201d <\/p>\n
To date, ICE has not placed Rovidio Marin in removal proceedings, charged him with violating immigration law, set bond, issued a Notice to Appear or otherwise processed him, according to the order. The government told the court that they would determine the immigration status of Rovidio Marin once he was released from the hospital. His attorneys argued being indefinitely held without any charges is a clear constitutional violation.<\/p>\n
The Department of Homeland Security and the medical center did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n
Under federal law, officers initiating warrantless arrests must provide the person in custody a reason why they were arrested or detained and within 48 hours determine if the person will remain in custody, released on bond or given a notice to appear in court and an arrest warrant issued. Those rules are only waived in extraordinary circumstances. The judge noted that the September 11 attacks previously qualified as an \u201cextraordinary circumstance\u201d in delaying notices to appear to noncitizen detainees, but said that Rovidio Marin has been held \u201csubstantially longer.\u201d<\/p>\n