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An Open Letter

To: Gov. Sherrill, Sen. O'Scanlon, Assembly Member Flynn, Assembly Member Scharfenberger

From: A verified voter in Middletown, NJ

May 14

May 12, 2026 Via ECF The Honorable Jamel K. Semper Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse 50 Walnut Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 Re: State of New Jersey and Township of Roxbury v. U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, et al., Case No. 26-02884 Dear Judge Semper: Plaintiffs write to alert the Court that they have reached an agreement with Defendants that avoid the need for the hearing scheduled for today on Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. The parties’ agreement, memorialized in the Concurrently filed Joint Stipulation and Consent Order, stays consideration of Plaintiffs’ motion until Defendants’ issuance of a final environmental assessment (EA) addressing the conversion of the Roxbury Warehouse into a detention facility and issuance of a decision document relying on that final EA. The agreement further provides that Defendants shall engage only in specified site security and maintenance activities until the agency decision document is issued. Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court enter the Joint Stipulation and Consent Order and vacate the hearing scheduled for May 12. Respectfully yours, JENNIFER DAVENPORT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY

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