Middle District of Louisiana • 3:26-cv-00226

#1

Mar 03, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing fee $ 5.00 receipt number 34066), filed by Danh Ranh. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support)(EDC) (Entered: 03/04/2026)

Mar 04, 2026

***Set CASE REFERRED Flag (PPS) (EDC)

Mar 04, 2026

***Set ICE Flag (EDC)

#2

Mar 12, 2026

ORDER: Petitioner will have thirty (30) days after respondent(s) files its response in which Petitioner may file a reply brief and any evidence to support his habeas petition. Petitioner may also file a request for discovery or request for more time before the 30 days expire. If Petitioner files nothing within these 30 days, the Court will assume the case recordis complete. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 03/12/2026. (ELW) (Entered: 03/13/2026)

#3

Apr 02, 2026

MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response and A-File by Pam Bondi, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Griffith-Braud, Monica) (Entered: 04/02/2026)

#4

Apr 02, 2026

Certificate of Interested Persons by Pam Bondi, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement identifying Affiliate/Interested Person U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Affiliate/Interested Person Danh Ranh, Affiliate/Interested Person United States of America for Pam Bondi, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Griffith-Braud, Monica) (Entered: 04/02/2026)

Apr 03, 2026

MOTION(S) REFERRED: 3 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response and A-File. This motion is now pending before the USMJ. (NLT)

#5

Apr 06, 2026

ORDER granting for good cause the 3 Respondents' Motion for Extension of Time to File Response, which requests additional time to file a response to Petitioner Danh Ranh's Petition and to provide a complete copy of Plaintiff's alien registration file ("A-file") due to the age of the A-file. Respondent(s) shall file the response to the Court's 2 Order, including Petitioner's A-file, by no later than April 9, 2026. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 04/06/2026. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (EWD) (Entered: 04/06/2026)

Apr 06, 2026

Order on Motion for Extension of Time

#6

Apr 08, 2026

SEALED MOTION for Leave to File A-File Under Seal by Pam Bondi, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Attachments: # 1 Attachment 1. Danh Afile USA_00001, # 2 Attachment 2. Danh Afile USA_00045, # 3 Attachment 3. Danh Afile USA_00085, # 4 Attachment 4. Danh Afile USA_00127, # 5 Attachment 5. Danh Afile USA_00188, # 6 Attachment 6. Danh Afile USA_00248, # 7 Attachment 7. Danh Afile USA_00285, # 8 Attachment 8. Danh Afile USA_00329)(Griffith-Braud, Monica) (Entered: 04/08/2026)

#7

Apr 09, 2026

RESPONSE to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Pam Bondi, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A. Declaration -L. Fruge, # 2 Exhibit B. Notice to Alien of Interview for Review of Custody Status)(Griffith-Braud, Monica) (Entered: 04/09/2026)

#8

Apr 22, 2026

STANDING ORDER: Pursuant to the Court's General Order 2026-11 the Clerk of Court shall file this Standing Order in CM/ECF in every habeas corpus case brought pursuant 28 U.S.C. 2241 by a person in ICE detention. The Court has provisionally appointed the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Louisiana to assist pro se filers detained in immigration custody in this District of habeas corpus petitions filed under 28 U.S.C. 2241. See General Order 2026-11. The scheduling order contained herein shall apply except when a case-specific scheduling order is or has already been entered. The Government and all respondents be and are hereby prohibited from transferring the petitioner from the detention facility in which the petitioner is held at the time of filing and prohibited from removing the petitioner from the Middle District of Louisiana, during the response and briefing delays set forth in the Scheduling Order herein. The Government and the respondents shall provide counsel for the petitioner 24 hours advance written notice before releasing the petitioner from ICE custody. Signed by Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick on 04/22/2026. (Litchfield, Michael) (Entered: 04/22/2026)

#9

Apr 23, 2026

Notice of Provisional Appointment: Pursuant to General Order 2026-11 the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Louisiana is hereby provisionally appointed to represent the pro se petitioner pending the determination of the petitioner's financial need and the petitioner's consent to or request for representation by the FPD. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (DCB) (Entered: 04/23/2026)

#10

Apr 28, 2026

ORDER denying 6 SEALED Motion for Leave to File A-File Under Seal. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 4/28/2026. (CLM) (Entered: 04/28/2026)

#11

Apr 28, 2026

Petitioner Danh Ranh's Alien Registration File by Pam Bondi, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Attachments: # 1 Attachment 2. Danh Afile USA_00045, # 2 Attachment 3. Danh Afile USA_00085, # 3 Attachment 4. Danh Afile USA_00127, # 4 Attachment 5. Danh Afile USA_00188, # 5 Attachment 6. Danh Afile USA_00248, # 6 Attachment 7. Danh Afile USA_00285, # 7 Attachment 8. Danh Afile USA_00329)(CLM) (Entered: 04/28/2026)

#12

Apr 30, 2026

AMENDED STANDING ORDER: Pursuant to the Court's General Order 2026-11, the Clerk of Court shall file this Amended Standing Order in CM/ECF in every habeas corpus case brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241 by a person in ICE detention.. Signed by Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick on 04/30/2026. (Litchfield, Michael) (Entered: 04/30/2026)

#13

May 08, 2026

MOTION to Enroll Cristie Gautreaux Gibbens as Attorney by Danh Ranh (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Gibbens, Cristie) (Entered: 05/08/2026)

#14

May 08, 2026

MOTION for Extension of Time to File Reply by Danh Ranh (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Gibbens, Cristie) (Entered: 05/08/2026)

#15

May 08, 2026

MOTION for Relief from Restriction on Transfer by Danh Ranh (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Proposed Order)(Gibbens, Cristie) Modified on 5/12/2026 (AMM). (Entered: 05/08/2026)

#16

May 11, 2026

ORDER granting the 13 Motion to Enroll as Counsel. Added attorney Cristie Gautreaux Gibbens, Federal Public Defender for the Middle and Western District of Louisiana, for Petitioner Danh Ranh. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 05/11/2026. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (EWD) (Entered: 05/11/2026)

#17

May 11, 2026

ORDER granting for good cause and as unopposed the 14 Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply, filed by Petitioner Danh Ranh. Petitioner shall file any reply memorandum in support of his habeas petition by no later than May 26, 2026. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 05/11/2026. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (EWD) (Entered: 05/11/2026)

May 11, 2026

Order on Motion to Enroll as Attorney

May 11, 2026

Order on Motion for Extension of Time

#18

May 15, 2026

ORDER granting 15 Motion for Relief from Restriction on Transfer for the sole purpose of effectuating removal to one country Vietnam as stated herein. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 5/14/2026. (EDC) (Entered: 05/15/2026)

#19

May 26, 2026

Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Reply by Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Louisiana (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Gibbens, Cristie) (Entered: 05/26/2026)

#20

May 28, 2026

ORDER granting 19 Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply for good cause shown. Petitioner has an additional twenty days, or until June 15, 2026 to file a reply memorandum. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 5/28/2026. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (BLR) (Entered: 05/28/2026)

May 28, 2026

Order on Motion for Extension of Time

#21

Jun 15, 2026

REPLY to 7 Response, to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Danh Ranh. (Gibbens, Cristie) Modified on 6/16/2026 to create relationship. (EDC). (Entered: 06/15/2026)

#22

Jun 29, 2026

MOTION for Leave to File Surreply to Respondents' Response in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by Pam Bondi, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Pleading; Surreply to Reply to Respondents' Response in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus)(Griffith-Braud, Monica) (Entered: 06/29/2026)

#23

Jul 08, 2026

ORDER granting 22 MOTION for Leave to File Surreply to Petitioner's Reply to Respondents' Response to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. The clerk is directed to file R. Doc. 22-1 into the record. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 7/8/2026. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (BLR) (Entered: 07/08/2026)

#24

Jul 08, 2026

SUR-REPLY to 21 Reply to 7 Response to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed by Pam Bondi, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (EDC) (Entered: 07/09/2026)

Jul 08, 2026

Order on Motion for Leave to File

#25

Aug 28, 2026

MOTION for Leave to File Exhibit C - Travel Documents by Pam Bondi, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Pleading; Exhibit C - Travel Documents)(Griffith-Braud, Monica) (Entered: 08/28/2026)

#26

Sep 03, 2026

ORDER granting the 25 Motion for Leave to Supplement the Record, filed by Federal Respondents. No further action is needed with respect to the Motion. The parties are reminded that, if Petitioner Danh Ranh is removed from the United States, notice and a motion to dismiss shall promptly follow per the Court's 18 Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 9/3/2026. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no hyperlink or PDF document associated with this entry.) (BLR) (Entered: 09/03/2026)

Sep 03, 2026

Order on Motion for Leave to File

#27

Sep 16, 2026

Joint MOTION to Dismiss by Danh Ranh (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Gibbens, Cristie) (Entered: 09/16/2026)