A federal district court granted a habeas corpus petition and ordered the immediate release of an immigration detainee, finding that revoking his prior release without a showing of changed circumstances violated his Fifth Amendment procedural due process rights.
A federal district court dismissed an immigration detainee’s habeas corpus petition challenging his two-month detention, finding that the detention remained reasonably necessary to effectuate removal and that existing procedures provided adequate due process protections.
The district court dismissed a second Section 2241 habeas petition without prejudice because it duplicated an earlier pending action involving the same parties and challenge to immigration detention.
The Central District of California granted a writ of habeas corpus and ordered the immediate release of an immigrant detainee who was arrested without a warrant and detained under the wrong statutory authority, depriving him of the procedural protections required by 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a).
A federal magistrate judge ordered Erick Armando Morales immediately released from ICE custody, holding that his May 2026 re-detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated procedural due process after he had lived at liberty for years following his 2022 release.
The Central District of California granted Enas J. Al Zubi’s habeas petition, treated the government’s unanswered claims as conceded, and ordered her immediate release without new conditions absent a future pre-deprivation bond hearing.
The district court adopted a magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full and dismissed a state prisoner’s pro se Section 1983 action as duplicative of claims against the same defendant that had already been dismissed with prejudice in an earlier case.
A federal district court dismissed a pro se habeas petition challenging immigration detention as moot after the petitioner was removed to Mexico, holding that no effective relief remained available.
The Eastern District of California adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full and dismissed Jesus Zavala’s Section 1983 action without prejudice after he failed to comply with an order requiring an amended complaint.
A California federal magistrate judge denied a detained noncitizen’s habeas petition, finding no entitlement to advance notice or a pre-deprivation hearing and no developed record showing that his immigration detention was punitive.
A California federal court ordered an individualized immigration bond hearing within seven days, finding due process required that hearing but that alleged arrest defects did not warrant release on habeas.
A federal magistrate judge ordered a California prisoner to show cause why his habeas petition should not be dismissed because he had not exhausted state remedies and because the Younger abstention doctrine bars federal interference in his ongoing state criminal cases.
A California federal magistrate judge granted an ICE detainee’s habeas petition in part, finding that his re-detention without prior notice or a prompt hearing violated due process and ordering his immediate release under his previous supervision conditions.
The Central District of California granted Thanh Dui Tran’s habeas petition and ordered his immediate release, treating the government’s non-opposition as a concession and finding no demonstrated changed circumstances justified revoking his order of supervision.
The Eastern District of California granted Chibuzor Sunny Chukwueke’s habeas petition on his second ground for relief, holding that his detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated due process and that a later bond hearing did not cure the violation.
The Eastern District of California granted a Haitian humanitarian parolee’s habeas petition, finding his detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated due process and ordering his immediate release.
The Central District of California granted Dorothy Dawne Longsworth’s habeas petition, finding a due-process violation and ordering her immediate release without ordinary monitoring restrictions after the respondents repeatedly failed to answer.
The Central District of California denied Marlon Jose Cano-Mendoza’s habeas petition because he did not show that the immigration judge abused his discretion in finding him a flight risk and denying bond.
The district court dismissed a pro se immigration detainee’s § 2241 habeas petition without prejudice, holding that his challenge to the immigration judge’s bond denial was barred by prudential exhaustion and that his detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) was constitutional because he had a
After California’s Governor announced commutation of all death sentences to life without parole, the federal district court in this death penalty habeas case directed the parties to confer and file a joint status report addressing the impact on the pending petition and on counsel’s appoi
After de novo review, the Eastern District of California adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full, allowing Aaron Vrh’s Eighth Amendment threat-to-safety claims against Gamboa, Sasselli, and Zoucha to proceed while dismissing all other claims and dismissing CDCR and V. Can
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