Eastern District of Virginia • 1:26-cv-00882

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Mar 31, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10887591.), filed by Dipin Kunwar. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(He, Yue) (Attachment 1 replaced on 4/2/2026) (jlan, ). (Entered: 03/31/2026)

Mar 31, 2026

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Anthony J. Trenga and US Magistrate Judge William B. Porter. (jlan)

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Apr 01, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Sean Douglas Jansen on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Donnovan Wright (Jansen, Sean) (Entered: 04/01/2026)

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Apr 02, 2026

ORDER that the Respondents and any of Respondents' officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, as well as other person acting in concert with them be, and the same hereby are, ENJOINED from removing the Petitioner from this judicial district pending further order of this Court; on or before 5:00 PM on April 8, 2026, the Respondents file either (a) a Notice indicating that the factual and legal issues presented in this Petition do not differ in any material fashion from those presented in Hernandez v. Crawford, No. 1:25-CV-01565-AJT-WBP, 2025 WL 2940702 (E.D. Va. Oct. 16, 2025) or the other opinions of this Court cited therein; or (b) an Opposition to the Petition discussing the material differences between Hernandez and this Petition; if the Respondents file a Notice that there are no material differences between this Petition and Hernandez, each of the substantive filings in that habeas proceeding will be incorporated into this habeas proceeding, and this Court will issue a ruling without further filings from the parties; if the Respondents file an Opposition to the Petition, Petitioner shall file any Reply in further support of the Petition on or before 5:00 PM on April 14, 2026 (see Order for details). Signed by District Judge Anthony J Trenga on 04/02/26. (pmil, ) (Entered: 04/02/2026)

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Apr 02, 2026

NOTICE by Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Donnovan Wright re 3 Order of Prisoner Service (2241),,,,, (Jansen, Sean) (Entered: 04/02/2026)

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Apr 07, 2026

ORDERED that the Petition is GRANTED. ORDERED that Respondents provide Petitioner with a bond hearing before an immigration judge pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within seven days of the date of this Order. ORDERED that if Petitioner is granted bond by an Immigration Judge, Respondents are ENJOINED from denying bond to Petitioner, or from invoking the automatic stay provision pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.19(i)(2). ORDERED that Respondents file a status report with this Court within three days of the bond hearing, stating whether Petitioner has been granted bond and, if his request for bond was denied, the reasons for that denial. Signed by District Judge Anthony J Trenga on 4/7/2026. (kgall) (Entered: 04/07/2026)

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Apr 17, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Donnovan Wright. (Schmidt, Robert) (Entered: 04/17/2026)