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Filed: April 03, 2026
Assigned to:
Patricia Tolliver Giles
Referred to:
Ivan D. Davis
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause:
28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)
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May 13, 2026
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Docket Entries
#1
Apr 03, 2026
PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10896324.), filed by Franklin Benjamin Reyes. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, Order of the Immigration Judge, # 2 Exhibit 2, Form I-918 Receipt Notice, # 3 Exhibit 3, Fear Interview Request, # 4 Exhibit 4, Emails with AFOD Mullan, # 5 Exhibit 5, DHS Guidance Regarding Third Country Removals, # 6 Exhibit 6, Habeas Corpus Order, # 7 Civil Cover Sheet)(Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 04/03/2026)
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PETITION
Apr 03, 2026
Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis. (swil)
#2
Apr 10, 2026
MOTION for Order to Show Cause by Franklin Benjamin Reyes. (Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 04/10/2026)
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MOTION
#3
Apr 10, 2026
NOTICE by Franklin Benjamin Reyes re 2 MOTION for Order to Show Cause Proposed Order (Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 04/10/2026)
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NOTICE
#4
Apr 14, 2026
MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order and MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by Franklin Benjamin Reyes. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Haynes, Leah) Modified text on 4/16/2026 (triv). (Entered: 04/14/2026)
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MOTION
#5
Apr 14, 2026
Memorandum in Support in re 4 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order and MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by Franklin Benjamin Reyes. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, Email to Respondents' Counsel)(Haynes, Leah) Modified text on 4/16/2026 (triv). (Entered: 04/14/2026)
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Memorandum
#6
Apr 15, 2026
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 outside of this Courts jurisdiction, or in the process of being transferred outside of it, he must be returned to this jurisdiction unless and untilthe Court issues a contrary order; and it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Monday. April 20, 2026, Respondents SHOW CAUSE as to why the Petition should not be granted. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 4/14/2026. (dvanm) (Entered: 04/15/2026)
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ORDERED
#7
Apr 15, 2026
NOTICE of Appearance by John Eliot Beerbower on behalf of Todd Blanche, Robert Guadian, Todd M. Lyons, Markwayne Mullin (Beerbower, John) (Entered: 04/15/2026)
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NOTICE
#8
Apr 16, 2026
MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by Franklin Benjamin Reyes. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Briefing Schedule, # 2 Proposed Order)(Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 04/16/2026)
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MOTION
#9
Apr 16, 2026
Memorandum in Support re 8 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by Franklin Benjamin Reyes. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, Email to Respondents' Counsel, # 2 Exhibit 2, Joint Status Report from Mendoza Palacios v. Mullin, No. 1:26-cv-00648-ABA (D. Md. Apr. 14, 2026))(Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 04/16/2026)
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Memorandum
#10
Apr 16, 2026
Notice of Hearing Date set for May 14, 2026 re 9 Memorandum in Support, 8 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 04/16/2026)
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Notice
Apr 16, 2026
Notice of Correction in re 4 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order and MOTION for Preliminary Injunction. The filing user has filed more than one motion for relief in one document (Temporary Restraining Order AND Preliminary Injunction). The filing user is notified to re-file the motion separately for each request of relief. Additionally, the filing user is notified to file a Notice of Hearing Date or a Waiver of Oral Argument. (triv)
Apr 17, 2026
Motion Hearing set for 5/14/2026 at 10:00 AM in Alexandria Courtroom 801 before District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles as to 8 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction. (dzir)
#11
Apr 20, 2026
Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241), filed by Todd Blanche, Robert Guadian, Todd M. Lyons, Markwayne Mullin. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Byrne Declaration, # 2 Exhibit A - OSUP Revocation, # 3 Exhibit B - Informal Interview Form)(Beerbower, John) (Entered: 04/20/2026)
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Opposition
#12
Apr 23, 2026
NOTICE of Appearance by Dean Phillip De Las Alas on behalf of Franklin Benjamin Reyes (De Las Alas, Dean) (Entered: 04/23/2026)
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NOTICE
#13
Apr 23, 2026
Motion to appear Pro Hac Vice by James Justice Haynes and Certification of Local Counsel Dean De Las Alas Filing fee $ 75, receipt number AVAEDC-10944490. by Franklin Benjamin Reyes. (De Las Alas, Dean) (Entered: 04/23/2026)
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Motion
#14
Apr 24, 2026
ORDER granting 13 Motion for Pro hac vice. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 04/24/2026. (Giles, Patricia) (Entered: 04/24/2026)
#15
Apr 27, 2026
Reply to 11 Opposition, 8 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by Franklin Benjamin Reyes. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, Bautista Serpas v. Noem, No. 1:25-cv-02369-AJT-WBP (E.D. Va. Feb. 3, 2026), # 2 Exhibit B, Garcia-Rivera v. Noem, No. 1:26-cv-00229-MSN-WBP (E.D. Va. Mar. 2, 2026), # 3 Exhibit C, Notice of Revocation of Release signed by ICE Executive Associate Director, # 4 Exhibit D, Notice of Revocation of Release signed by Acting Field Office Director with required findings, # 5 Exhibit E, Giron Cedillos v. Noem, No. 1:25-cv-2210 (E.D. Va. Feb. 23, 2026) hearing transcript, # 6 Exhibit F, Cevallos Gonzalez v. Noem, No. 1:25-cv-2358 (E.D. Va. Feb. 23, 2026) hearing transcript)(Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 04/27/2026)
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Reply
#16
May 13, 2026
ORDER: This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Dkts. 4, 8. Plaintiff noticed a hearing on the motions for May 14,2026. Dkt. 10. The Court has determined that oral argument will not aid its decisional process, and it will instead resolve the Motion on the papers. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b); E.D. Va. Loc. Civ. R. 7(J). Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the hearing set for May 14, 2026, is TERMINATED, and the Court will resolve the Motion on the papers. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 5/13/26. (yguy) (Entered: 05/13/2026)
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ORDER:
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