United States of America v. Akrawi

Filing 18

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION: The government, through competent medical practitioners,may conduct medical monitoring of Defendant Akrawi, including obtaining daily weight,vital signs, and urine and blood samples, and may administer to Defendant hydration, a daily multi-vitamin, and a thiamine vitamin. The government is not authorized by this order to use restraints in monitoring Defendants health or administering hydration or vitamins, beyond the normal restraints incident to Defendants detention. Signed by Judge David G Campbell on 7/13/2017. (TCA)

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1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 United States of America, Plaintiff, 10 11 PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION v. 12 No. CV-17-02192-PHX-DGC Louis Jarges Akrawi, 13 Defendant. 14 15 16 The Court held a hearing in this matter on July 13, 2017. The Court was informed 17 before and during the hearing that (1) Defendant is permitting medical monitoring, 18 including taking of his vital signs and urine and blood samples; (2) Defendant is taking 19 hydration, a daily vitamin, and a thiamine vitamin; (3) Defendant will begin taking 20 liquefied food, and perhaps solid food, but may resume his hunger strike – refusing to 21 take liquefied or solid food – if he is not housed with his fellow Iraqi Chaldean 22 Christians. 23 With the agreement of the parties, as stated on the record during the hearing, this 24 preliminary injunction will require a continuation of (1) and (2) above, but will not 25 authorize force feeding or the use of restraints. If Defendant refuses (1) or (2) above, the 26 government may seek further injunctive relief authorizing the use of restraints to 27 accomplish (1) and (2). If Defendant continues or resumes refusing liquefied and solid 28 food, and the government concludes that he is in danger of serious injury or death, the 1 government may seek further injunctive relief from the Court. The Court makes no 2 decision today on how it will rule on future requests for injunctive relief. 3 IT IS ORDERED: The government, through competent medical practitioners, 4 may conduct medical monitoring of Defendant Akrawi, including obtaining daily weight, 5 vital signs, and urine and blood samples, and may administer to Defendant hydration, a 6 daily multi-vitamin, and a thiamine vitamin. The government is not authorized by this 7 order to use restraints in monitoring Defendant’s health or administering hydration or 8 vitamins, beyond the normal restraints incident to Defendant’s detention. 9 Dated this 13th day of July, 2017. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-

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