Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-01929

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Oct 31, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10561285.), filed by Nelson Funez Contreras. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Kim, David) (Entered: 10/31/2025)

Oct 31, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema and Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis. (swil)

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Nov 02, 2025

AMENDED Petition to amend and add respondent Joseph Simon against Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Paul Perry, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Joseph Simon, filed by Nelson Funez Contreras. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Kim, David) (Entered: 11/02/2025)

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Nov 03, 2025

[VACATED per ECF 14]ORDERED that the petitioner IS NOT to be removed or transferred from this district for any reason without this Court's permission; and it is further ORDERED that by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 6, 2025, petitioner's counselprovide the Court with a proposed release plan which must include a fixed address should the petition be granted, and defendants SHOW CAUSE as to why the petition should not be granted. If the Court finds that a hearing is appropriate, it will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 14, 2025. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 11/3/2025. (swil) Modified on 12/3/2025 (swil). (Entered: 11/03/2025)

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Nov 03, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Daniel Patrick Shean on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (Shean, Daniel) (Entered: 11/03/2025)

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Nov 05, 2025

Reply Proposed release plan filed by Nelson Funez Contreras. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Appendix for release plan, # 2 Exhibit Exhibits for release plan)(Kim, David) (Entered: 11/05/2025)

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Nov 06, 2025

ORDERED that the Clerk's office seal the entirety of petitioner's Proposed Release Plan and its exhibits [Dkt. No. 5]. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 11/6/2025. (swil) (Entered: 11/06/2025)

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Nov 06, 2025

Opposition to 2 Amended Petition, filed by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 (Decl. of James A. Mullan))(Shean, Daniel) (Entered: 11/06/2025)

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Nov 07, 2025

ORDERED that the federal respondents provide the Court with a fulsome record ofpetitioner's criminal history by the close of business on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 11/7/2025. (swil) (Entered: 11/07/2025)

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Nov 12, 2025

NOTICE by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon re 8 Order (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A (DHS Form I-213), # 2 Exhibit B (Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Records))(Shean, Daniel) (Entered: 11/12/2025)

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Nov 13, 2025

ORDERED that Funez's Petition [Dkt. No. 2] is GRANTED, and it is hereby ORDERED that respondents provide Funez with a standard bond hearing before an Immigration Judge pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within 14 days of the date of this Order. Because Funez has a recent conviction for domestic assault and it appears he was not released by the state court on bond while that matter was pending, Funez will remain in custody until his bond hearing, and the federal respondents must make arrangements for his transportation to that hearing to ensure he appears at the bond hearing; and it is further ORDERED that respondents be and are ENJOINED from denying bond to Funez on the basis that he is detained pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); and it is further ORDERED that, if Funez is granted bond, respondents be and are ENJOINED from invoking the automatic stay provision at 8 C.F.R. § 1003.19(i)(2); and it is further ORDERED that respondents file a status report with this Court within three days of the bond hearing, stating whether Funez has been granted bond, and, if his request for bond was denied, the reasons for that denial. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 11/13/2025. (jlan) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

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Nov 13, 2025

CLERK'S JUDGMENT entered in favor of Petitioner Nelson Funez Contreras in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58. Entered by Clerk on 11/13/2025. (jlan) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

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Nov 22, 2025

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 11/22/2025)

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Dec 03, 2025

MOTION to Alter Judgment motion to retract habeas petition by Nelson Funez Contreras. (Kim, David) (Entered: 12/03/2025)

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Dec 03, 2025

ORDERED that the Court's November 3, 2025, Order, [Dkt. No. 3], be and is VACATED; and it is further ORDERED that ICE is permitted to remove petitioner from this district to facilitate petitioner's voluntary departure in re 13 Motion to Alter Judgment. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 12/3/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/03/2025)