Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-01998

#1

Nov 07, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing Fee $5 receipt number AVAEDC-10576546), filed by Jesus Gutierrez Estrada, Jose Enoc Flores Cruz, Manuel de Jesus Salmeron. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Sandoval-Moshenberg, Simon) (Entered: 11/07/2025)

#2

Nov 10, 2025

ORDERED that Petitioners 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 either 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, Petitioners' counsel file with the Court a proposed release plan for each Petitioner, which must include a fixed address at which each Petitioner shall reside should the Petition be granted. Petitioners' 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)

Nov 10, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and U.S. Magistrate Judge William B. Porter. (triv)

#3

Nov 12, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Kirstin O'Connor on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (O'Connor, Kirstin) (Entered: 11/12/2025)

#4

Nov 17, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Kirstin O'Connor on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (O'Connor, Kirstin) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

#5

Nov 17, 2025

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241), filed by Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Attachments: # 1 FREX 1)(O'Connor, Kirstin) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

#6

Nov 17, 2025

MOTION to Seal by Manuel De Jesus Salmeron, Jose Enoc Flores Cruz, Jesus Arturo Gutierrez Estrada. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Sandoval-Moshenberg, Simon) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

#7

Nov 17, 2025

Memorandum in Support re 6 MOTION to Seal filed by Manuel De Jesus Salmeron, Jose Enoc Flores Cruz, Jesus Arturo Gutierrez Estrada. (Sandoval-Moshenberg, Simon) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

#8

Nov 17, 2025

Notice of Filing Sealing Motion LCvR5(C) by Manuel De Jesus Salmeron, Jose Enoc Flores Cruz, Jesus Arturo Gutierrez Estrada re 6 MOTION to Seal (Sandoval-Moshenberg, Simon) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

#9

Nov 17, 2025

Sealed Document re 6 MOTION to Seal . (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit, # 4 Exhibit, # 5 Exhibit)(Sandoval-Moshenberg, Simon) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

#10

Nov 24, 2025

Reply to 5 Opposition filed by Manuel De Jesus Salmeron, Jose Enoc Flores Cruz, Jesus Arturo Gutierrez Estrada. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Sandoval-Moshenberg, Simon) (Entered: 11/24/2025)

#11

Nov 25, 2025

ORDER that the 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241) is GRANTED; Petitioners be immediately released from custody, with all their personalproperty, pending their bond hearings before an immigration judge. Petitioners must live at the fixed address corresponding to each individual Petitioner identified in the Release Plan (Dkt. 9) and appear at their bond hearing once the government notifies him of its date, time, and location; Respondents must provide each Petitioner with a standard bond hearing pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Order; Respondents are ENJOINED from denying Petitioners release on bond on the basis that they are subject to mandatory detention pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); Respondents--along with their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, successors, and assigns, and all persons acting in concert with them -- be and are ENJOINED from rearresting Petitioners 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); the parties shall file a status report on the status of Petitioners 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 (see Order for details). Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 11/25/25. (pmil, ) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

#12

Nov 25, 2025

JUDGMENT is hereby entered in favor of the Petitioners Manuel De Jesus Salmeron, Jose Enoc Flores Cruz, and Jesus Arturo Gutierrez Estrada and against the Respondents Kristi Noem, Todd Lyons, Joseph Simon, Pamela Bondi and Jeffrey Crawford (Entered by Clerk on 11/25/25 pursuant to FRCP 58). (pmil, ) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

#13

Dec 09, 2025

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