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Wikenson Hilaire v. Warden — Federal Court Orders Immediate Release of Paroled Noncitizen Re-Detained Without Notice or Hearing

A federal district court granted a habeas petition and ordered the immediate release of a noncitizen who had been paroled into the United States and later re-detained by ICE without advance notice or a pre-detention hearing, finding the government’s mandatory-detention arguments inapplicable.

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Amy Sharp v. Mitch Mashburn, et al. — Court Allows First Amendment Retaliation and Intimate Association Claims Against Officials but Dismisses County and Most State Labor Claims

A federal court ruled that a former county district representative adequately alleged First Amendment retaliation and intimate association claims against a county supervisor and aide who allegedly fired her for whistleblowing and her husband’s political work, but dismissed all claims against t

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Vijay Kumar v. Warden of the Golden State Annex Detention Facility, et al. — Magistrate judge recommends immediate release and injunction against re-detention absent pre-deprivation procedures

A magistrate judge recommends granting Vijay Kumar’s habeas petition in part, ordering his immediate release and enjoining re-detention absent pre-deprivation procedures, while recommending dismissal of his remaining claims without prejudice.

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Ryan Richards v. Warden — Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissing Federal Prisoner’s Medical-Care Habeas Petition for Lack of Jurisdiction

A magistrate judge recommended dismissing a federal prisoner’s § 2241 petition for lack of jurisdiction because his claims about interrupted Hepatitis C treatment, stroke follow-up, and medication interruptions challenge the conditions of his confinement rather than the fact or duration of his

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Abdulrahman Ahmed Ali Al-Marzooh v. Markwayne Mullin, et al., No. 1:26-cv-08093-KES-CDB (E.D. Cal. Nov. 3, 2026) — Magistrate judge recommends granting the habeas petition and ordering immediate release of a Yemeni national re-detained after years of parole compliance

A magistrate judge recommends granting a § 2241 habeas petition and ordering the immediate release of a Yemeni national who was paroled in 2022 after a 2021 entry, complied with immigration requirements for years, and was re-detained in 2026 without any showing of materially changed circumstances ju

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Joe James Johnson, Jr. v. Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Dept., et al. — Pretrial detainee’s amended complaint dismissed with leave to amend after screening

The Eastern District of California granted a pretrial detainee leave to proceed in forma pauperis but dismissed his amended complaint with leave to amend, finding his legal-mail, conditions, and retaliation allegations insufficient and directing that his Sixth Amendment claim be raised in his crimin

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Donell Thomas Haynie v. Cassandra Sysouvanh — Pro Se Prisoner Cannot Move to Quash Non-Party Subpoenas; Amendment Recommended Only for Fourteenth Amendment Claim

The court denied the prisoner’s motion to quash third-party subpoenas because a pro se litigant lacks representative capacity and standing to assert non-parties’ privacy rights, denied his protective order as unripe, and recommended granting his motion to amend only as to the Fourteenth

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Diego Alberto Sierra Guerrero v. Warden of Adelanto ICE Processing Center, et al. — Magistrate Judge grants habeas petition and orders immediate release, holding that ICE violated procedural due process by re-detaining petitioner without pre-deprivation notice or hearing and without promptly informing him of the statutory basis for mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c)

The court granted the petition for writ of habeas corpus, ordering petitioner’s immediate release from ICE custody and enjoining re-detention without a pre-detention hearing, because ICE detained him for two months without notifying him he was held under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c) and deprived him of

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Luis Alberto Alarcon Nava v. Jena Jone, et al. — Magistrate judge recommends dismissal of second § 2254 petition as duplicative and orders clerk to assign a district judge

A magistrate judge recommended dismissal of a pro se state prisoner’s second § 2254 petition as duplicative of an earlier-filed case involving identical claims, parties, and relief, and separately ordered the clerk to randomly assign a district judge to the matter.

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Jesus Mejia Huerta v. Warden of the Central Valley Annex, et al. — District court grants habeas petition and TRO, ordering immediate release of immigration detainee denied pre-deprivation bond hearing

The court granted the petitioner’s habeas petition and motion for a temporary restraining order, ordering his immediate release from immigration detention because the government failed to provide a constitutionally required pre-deprivation bond hearing before re-detaining him in July 2026.

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Erick Ramiro Alonso-Pratt v. Warden of Central Valley Annex Detention Facility, et al. — Federal court grants habeas petition and orders immediate release of immigration detainee denied a pre-deprivation bond hearing

A federal district court granted a pro se immigration detainee’s habeas petition and motion for a temporary restraining order, ordering his immediate release because the government failed to provide a constitutionally required pre-deprivation bond hearing before re-detaining him.

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