Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-01978

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Nov 07, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing Fee $5 receipt number AVAEDC-10576220), filed by Genaro Cruz Lopez. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Kim, David) (Entered: 11/07/2025)

Nov 07, 2025

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

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Nov 10, 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; it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Monday. November 17, 2025, Respondents snow CAUSE as to why the Petition should not be granted; and it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 17, 2025, Petitioner's counsel file with the Court a proposed release plan for the Petitioner, which must include a fixed address at which Petitioner shall reside should the Petition be granted. Petitioner's counsel should redact personal identifiers or file those documents under seal. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 11/10/2025. (jlan) (Entered: 11/11/2025)

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Nov 17, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Elizabeth Anne Spavins on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Department of Homeland Security, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (Spavins, Elizabeth) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

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Nov 17, 2025

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241) filed by Pamela Bondi, Department of Homeland Security, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Spavins, Elizabeth) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

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Nov 17, 2025

EXHIBIT by Genaro Cruz Lopez.. (Kim, David) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

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Nov 24, 2025

ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Dkt. 1) is GRANTED in partand DENIED in part; it is further ORDERED that Petitioner be immediately released from custody, with all his personal properly, pending his bond hearing before an immigration judge. Petitioner must live at the fixed address identified in his Release Plan (Dkt. 5) and appear at the bond hearing once the government notifies him of its date, time, and location: it is further ORDERED that the request for attorney's costs and fees under the EAJA is DENIED: itis further 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 Respondentsalong with their officers, agents, servants, employees,attorneys, successors, and assigns, and all persons acting in concert with thembe and are ENJOINED from rearresting Petitioner unless he has committed a new violation of any federal, stale, or local law. or has tailed 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 Genaro Cruz Lopez and against the Respondents Todd M. Lyons, Joseph Simon, Kristi Noem, Pamela Bondi, Paul Perry and Department of Homeland Security. Entered by Clerk on 11/24/2025. (swil) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

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Dec 09, 2025

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Department of Homeland Security, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 12/09/2025)