A California federal court ordered the immediate release of a Venezuelan asylum applicant, holding that his detention without notice and a pre-deprivation hearing violated the Fifth Amendment and could not be cured by a later bond hearing.
A federal district court adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to deny a detained immigrant’s motion to enforce a prior bond-hearing order, but ordered a new Rodriguez bond hearing because his detention had exceeded 180 days.
A federal magistrate judge granted in part a habeas petition brought by a lawful permanent resident detained by ICE, ordering that she receive a bond hearing within seven days while rejecting her claim that her detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated due process.
The district court adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to grant a habeas petition and order the petitioner’s immediate release from immigration detention, but refused to enjoin any future re-detention because that relief rested on speculation about what might happen after release
A federal magistrate judge granted a habeas corpus petition for an Indian national detained by ICE without notice or a hearing, finding that the government’s complete failure to oppose the petition constituted a concession that his detention violated due process.
The Southern District of California denied Frisly Elder Lopez Cabrera’s amended habeas petition, concluding that immigration officials provided the notice and informal interview required to revoke his supervised release.
A federal magistrate judge denied a second habeas petition from an immigration detainee who argued that officials violated a prior conditional release order by holding his bond hearing two days late.
Case Hassana v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) Court Federal Court (Canada) Date Decided November 4, 2026 Citation 2026
Case Corona Zapata v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) Court Federal Court (Canada) Date Decided November 4, 2026 Citation 2026 FC
Case Tiffany Savard a.k.a. Tiffany Jérôme v. The Attorney General of Canada Court Federal Court (Canada) Date Decided November 4,
Case Zeru v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) Court Federal Court (Canada) Date Decided November 4, 2026 Citation 2026 FC 1354
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Case Frank Tyler McFadden v. The Corporation of the City of Timmins Court Court of Appeal for Ontario (Canada) Date
A divided published panel reversed and directed summary judgment for the training commission. Reading the statutory scheme as a whole, the majority held that authority to prepare general guidelines included binding, generally framed rules supplying governmental oversight of public and private training providers. The disputed rules stayed within that delegated authority; a dissent read the statutes as withholding rulemaking power.
A divided Indiana Court of Appeals held that case-specific good cause supported brief continuances beyond CHINS factfinding deadlines and affirmed the adjudications.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that a former partner’s parental role and earlier voluntary contact did not overcome the fit parent’s constitutional presumption.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed suppression because the objective circumstances did not restrict Hoffman’s movement to the degree associated with formal arrest.
Case Rex v Ajesh Jacob Court Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Canada) Date Decided November 4, 2026 Citation 2026
Case State of Iowa v. Ayiden Mikael Dean Moore Court Iowa Court of Appeals Judge Schumacher, P.J. (Kim Reynolds, 2019);
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the defendant’s conviction for knowingly importing methamphetamine, holding that any Rule 16 disclosure error regarding an automobile expert was harmless and that the government’s closing argument did not violate the defendant’s Fifth Amendment right agai
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of civil rights claims brought by hotel owners and operators, holding that the plaintiffs had standing to sue but that their claims were time-barred under the federal accrual standard for discrimination claims.
The court dismissed a detained noncitizen’s habeas petition without prejudice because an immigration judge released him on bond and neither party identified any remaining collateral consequences.
The Southern District of California granted partial habeas relief because the government relied on a secondhand arrest account and failed to establish that Miguel Eliseo De La Cruz Cavinal was likely to escape before an immigration warrant could be obtained.