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Fraivan Euclies Contreras Rueda v. Warden, California City Detention — Magistrate Judge Recommends Granting Habeas Relief, Holding Parolee’s Liberty Interest Survives Expiration of Parole and Requires Pre-Deprivation Hearing

A magistrate judge recommends granting a § 2241 habeas petition and ordering immediate release, holding that a noncitizen paroled into the United States retains a protected liberty interest even after parole expires, entitling him to an individualized hearing before re-detention.

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Joseph Lamantia v. County of Stanislaus, et al. — Federal court dismisses claims one through fourteen arising from prosecution and remands remaining state-law claims

The Eastern District of California dismissed claims one through fourteen without leave to amend because the challenged prosecution-related conduct involved state rather than county action and the official-capacity damages claims were barred by the Eleventh Amendment, while remanding four state-law c

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Larry William Cortinas v. Stanislaus County Public Safety Center, et al. — Screening order identifies plausible medical-care and ADA claims and orders 30 days to amend the deficient claims

The Eastern District of California screened a prisoner’s § 1983 complaint, found plausible Eighth Amendment deliberate-indifference claims against three medical staff members and a cognizable Title II ADA claim against the jail, found the conspiracy, grievance-process, and religious-freedom allegati

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Melvin Derell Baldwin Green v. Villanueva et al. — Prisoner’s discovery extension and defendants’ schedule modification granted for good cause

The Eastern District of California granted both sides’ scheduling requests in a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment excessive-force case, finding good cause based on prison lockdown conditions, a transfer, misplaced draft discovery responses, and the absence of prejudice.

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Jose Gerardo Avalos v. Eric Pinhero, et al. — Federal magistrate judge orders that judgment be entered granting habeas petition and requires an individualized immigration bond hearing within seven days

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, through Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym, ordered that judgment be entered granting Jose Gerardo Avalos’s § 2241 petition, holding that his interior apprehension after entry without inspection placed him under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) and ent

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Ahyun Lee v. Warden, Adelanto ICE Processing Center East Facility et al. — Court grants habeas petition in part and orders release of detained Visa Waiver Program entrant after due process violation

A California federal judge granted a habeas petition in part and ordered ICE to release a South Korean national within 24 hours, finding her warrantless arrest and detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated her Fifth Amendment due process rights despite her Visa Waiver Program overstay.

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Naeim Touma v. Warden of the Adelanto ICE Processing Center et al. — Court orders release after finding ICE revoked supervised release without adequate notice or a meaningful opportunity to respond

The court granted a Syrian national’s habeas petition in part and ordered his release on prior supervision conditions because ICE’s generic revocation notice and interview process did not satisfy its regulations.

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Eustacio Abad Jimenez Romano v. Markwayne Mullin et al. — Detainee entitled to new bond hearing with burden on government

A federal magistrate judge granted in part and denied in part a habeas petition, ordering a new immigration bond hearing for a detained Mexican citizen after finding that the immigration judge violated due process by placing the burden of proof on the detainee rather than requiring the government to

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Kory Darty v. Rick Hill — Federal Court Dismisses Habeas Petition Challenging Denial of State Re-sentencing Under California Penal Code § 1172.6

A federal district court adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation and dismissed a state prisoner’s habeas petition, finding that his challenge to the denial of re-sentencing under California Penal Code § 1172.6 did not present a cognizable federal claim and that any challenge to his u

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People v. Carl Albert Skidmore — One Strike enhancement based on a pre-enactment conviction does not violate the ex post facto prohibition

The First District Court of Appeal, Division Five, treated Skidmore’s appeal from the denial of his postconviction motion as a habeas corpus petition and denied it, holding that using his 1985 offense to enhance sentences for crimes committed in 2008 did not impose retroactive punishment for the ear

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In re M.B. — Court of Appeal Affirms Continued Sibling Visitation Between Dependent Teen and Nondependent Siblings Over Adoptive Mother’s Objection

The Court of Appeal affirmed a juvenile court order requiring continued visitation between a dependent teenager and her nondependent adoptive siblings, holding the mother waived and forfeited her as-applied constitutional challenge and that the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in continui

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Michell Lorena Perdomo Amaya v. Warden, California City Detention Facility — Magistrate Judge Recommends Immediate Release and Bars Re-Detention Without a Future Pre-Deprivation Hearing

A magistrate judge recommends granting habeas relief to an immigration detainee who was re-detained without a bond hearing after living in the United States for over three years following her initial release, finding that the government violated both the Immigration and Nationality Act and her proce

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Kevin Armando Hernandez Santillan v. Officer Zemel — Screening Order Grants IFP Status but Finds Pro Se § 1983 Complaint Fails Rule 8 Fair-Notice Standard, Allowing 30 Days to Amend

A federal magistrate judge granted the plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application but found his pro se civil rights complaint failed to give fair notice of the claims under Rule 8, directing him within 30 days to either file an amended complaint, notify the court that he wishes to proceed on th

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Edgar Antonio Tovar v. Warden, California City Detention Facility, et al. — Court Adopts Findings and Recommendations, Grants Habeas Petition on Due Process Grounds, and Orders Immediate Release After Vacated Convictions Invalidate Mandatory Detention

The district court adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full, granted Edgar Antonio Tovar’s habeas petition on due process grounds, and ordered his immediate release from Respondents’ custody because his qualifying convictions had been vacated under Califo

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Kevin Natanael H.-G. v. Christopher Chestnut, et al. — Federal court orders immediate release because immigration detention without required custody procedures violated due process

The Eastern District of California granted a noncitizen’s habeas petition and ordered his immediate release, finding that ICE detained him without the custody determination, notice, and hearing required by the Constitution and 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a).

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