ICE held man in hospital 37 days without charges

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.

- BRITTNY MEJIA AND RACHEL URANGA

BAYRON Rovidio-Marin was held for weeks at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

GINA FERAZZI Los Angeles Times

He was never charged, and his lawyers say he was shackled to his bed for several days and couldn't speak privately with doctors or legal counsel.

Over the weekend, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring immigration officials to remove the guards watching over Rovidio Marin, take off the handcuffs and leave him unrestrained.

“He is presently detained under restrictions that limit his access to counsel, medical providers, and family,” U.S. District Judge Cynthia Valenzuela wrote in her Oct. 4 order. “He 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' proffered excuses for delaying a formal notice are unsupported by facts." Despite Immigration and Customs Enforcement's insistence on holding the man, Valenzuela said the government failed to provide any proof that he had "violated any law or regulation" or show that he was a "flight risk."