Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02000

#1

Nov 08, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing Fee $5 receipt number AVAEDC-10576846), filed by Colato Ventura. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Proposed Order)(Artieda, Jorge) (Attachment 1 replaced with non-fillable format on 11/10/2025) (triv). (Entered: 11/08/2025)

#2

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 in the process of being transferred outside of the Court's 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 SHOW 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: 11/10/2025)

Nov 10, 2025

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

Nov 10, 2025

Notice of Correction in re 1 PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus. The Civil Cover Sheet filed was an incorrectly saved PDF fillable form. The clerk's office staff has corrected this error and the document has been replaced. No further action is required at this time. (triv)

#3

Nov 11, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Daniel Patrick Shean on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem (Shean, Daniel) (Entered: 11/11/2025)

#4

Nov 13, 2025

NOTICE by Carlos Antonio Colato Ventura re 2 Order,,,, Notice of Proposed Release Plan (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit)(Artieda, Jorge) (Entered: 11/13/2025)

#5

Nov 17, 2025

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241), filed by Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 (Decl. of SDDO James A. Mullan))(Shean, Daniel) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

#6

Nov 17, 2025

Reply to 5 Opposition, 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241), REPLY TO GOVERNMENT'S OPPOSITION filed by Carlos Antonio Colato Ventura. (Artieda, Jorge) (Entered: 11/17/2025)

#7

Nov 25, 2025

ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Dkt. 1) is GRANTED; it isfurther ORDERED that Petitioner be immediately released from custody, with all his personal property, pending his bond hearing before an immigration judge. Petitioner must live at the fixed address identified in his Release Plan (Dkt. 4) and appear at the bond hearing once the government notifies him of its date, time, and location; it is 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 arc 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 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 Petitioner 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); 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 11/25/2025. (swil) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

#8

Nov 25, 2025

CLERK'S JUDGMENT is hereby entered in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58 in favor of Petitioner Carlos Antonio Colato Ventura and against the Respondents Pamela Bondi, Kristi Noem, Jeff Crawford and Russell Hott. Entered by Clerk on 11/25/2025. (swil) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

#9

Dec 09, 2025

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 12/09/2025)