Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-01803

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Oct 17, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing Fee $5 receipt number AVAEDC-10530898), filed by Napoleon Alvarenga Bonilla. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Yacub, Ivan) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

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Oct 21, 2025

ORDERED that Petitioner shall not be removed from this jurisdiction or the United States unless and until the Court issues a contrary order. 28 U.S.C. § 1651; F.T.C. v. Dean Foods Co., 384 U.S. 597, 603 (1966) ("The All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), empowers the federal courts to 'issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.'"); it is further ORDERED that if Petitioner is currently in the process of being transferred outside of this jurisdiction, he must be returned to this jurisdiction unless and until the Court issues a contrary order; and it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. October 28, 2025. Respondents SHOW CAUSE as to why the Petition should not be granted. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 10/21/2025. (swil) (Entered: 10/21/2025)

Oct 21, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and Magistrate Judge Lindsey R. Vaala. (triv)

#3

Oct 28, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Elizabeth Anne Spavins on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (Spavins, Elizabeth) (Entered: 10/28/2025)

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Oct 28, 2025

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241) filed by Pamela Bondi, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Spavins, Elizabeth) (Entered: 10/28/2025)

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Oct 31, 2025

Reply in Support of Petition for Writ of Habeas filed by Napoleon Alvarenga Bonilla. (Yacub, Ivan) (Entered: 10/31/2025)

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Nov 05, 2025

Filed in error and removed (swil). (Entered: 11/05/2025)

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Nov 24, 2025

ORDERED that Respondents must provide Petitioner with a standard bond hearing pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Order; it is further ORDERED that Respondents are ENJOINED from denying Petitioner release on bond on the basis that he is subject to mandatory detention pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); it is further ORDERED that Respondents - along with their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, successors, and assigns, and all persons acting in concert with the - be and are ENJOINED from rearresting Petitioner unless he has committed a new violation of any federal, state, or local law, or has failed to attend any properly noticed immigration or court hearing, or pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(2); and it is further ORDERED that the parties shall file a status report on the status of Petitioner's bond hearing within three (3) days of the bond hearing. The status report shall detail when the bond hearing occurred, if the bond was granted or denied, and if denied, the reasons for that denial. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 11/24/2025. (swil) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

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Nov 24, 2025

CLERK'S JUDGMENT is hereby entered in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58 in favor of Petitioner Napoleon Alvarenga Bonilla and against the Respondents Joseph Simon, Kristi Noem and Pamela Bondi. Entered by Clerk on 11/24/2025. (swil) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

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Nov 25, 2025

NOTICE by Napoleon Alvarenga Bonilla re 7 Order,,,, Notice of Petitioner's Fixed Address (Yacub, Ivan) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

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Dec 04, 2025

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 12/04/2025)

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Jan 23, 2026

NOTICE OF APPEAL by Pamela Bondi, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Spavins, Elizabeth) (Entered: 01/23/2026)

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Jan 26, 2026

Transmission of Notice of Appeal to US Court of Appeals re 11 Notice of Appeal (All case opening forms, plus the transcript guidelines, may be obtained from the Fourth Circuit's website at www.ca4.uscourts.gov) (dvanm, ) (Entered: 01/26/2026)

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Jan 27, 2026

USCA 4th Circuit Case Number 26-6125, Case Manager A. Walker for 11 Notice of Appeal, filed by Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, Pamela Bondi. (Dest) (Entered: 01/27/2026)