Civil Procedure

A magistrate judge recommends denying a habeas petition by a Venezuelan national detained by ICE, holding that the immigration judge’s finding that he is a threat to public safety was not an abuse of discretion and that prolonged detention during removal proceedings does not violate the Fifth

A magistrate judge recommends denying a § 2241 habeas petition challenging ICE detention because the petitioner received a bond hearing before an immigration judge who denied bond, and the record shows lawful detention under § 1226(a) with a valid arrest warrant and custody determination.

The district court adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations, granted the § 2241 habeas petition, and ordered the immediate release of petitioner Jesus Morales-Bautista from ICE custody, rejecting the government’s mandatory-detention argument under 8 U.S.C. § 1225.

The court adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full, granted the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and ordered the immediate release of petitioner Roisbel E.G. with an injunction barring re-detention absent seven-days’ notice and a pre-deprivation hearing before a neutr

A magistrate judge recommends denying an immigration detainee’s second § 2241 habeas petition without prejudice, finding that while the abuse-of-the-writ doctrine bars re-litigation of the initial due-process claim, the prolonged-detention claim survives but fails on the merits under Mathews v

The district court adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full, granted the petition for writ of habeas corpus, and made the preliminary injunction permanent after finding petitioner’s due process rights were violated when he was detained without compliance with 8 C.F.R. § 24

The district court granted Daniel Sebastian Venegas-Murcia’s habeas petition in part, finding that his re-detention without notice, an individualized reason, or a hearing violated due process, and ordered the federal respondents to release him within twenty-four hours and not re-detain him wit

The court adopts the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full, grants the petition for writ of habeas corpus, and enjoins respondents from re-detaining petitioners without written notice and a pre-detention hearing before a neutral adjudicator.

The district court adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full, granted the petition for writ of habeas corpus, and enjoined respondents from re-detaining the petitioner without notice and a pre-deprivation hearing before an immigration judge where the government bears

The court granted Carl Henry Obin’s amended habeas petition and ordered his release on his prior terms because ICE re-detained him without notice, an opportunity to be heard, or evidence of materially changed circumstances concerning danger or flight risk.

The court granted the petition for writ of habeas corpus and ordered the respondent to provide the petitioner with a bond hearing before a neutral decisionmaker within 14 days, at which the government bears the burden of proving flight risk or danger to the community by clear and convincing evidence

The court granted a § 2241 habeas petition and ordered the immediate release of a Venezuelan national paroled into the United States, holding that his detention by ICE without notice or a pre-deprivation hearing violated due process because he had acquired a liberty interest in his continued release

The magistrate judge recommends dismissing the habeas petition as moot because the petitioner was removed from the United States on September 22, 2026, pursuant to a voluntary departure request, ending her ICE custody and eliminating any live controversy.