Eastern District of Virginia • 1:26-cv-01216

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May 07, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number BVAEDC-10975844.), filed by Maykel Lima Nunez. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit A, Declaration of Jorge Artieda, # 3 Exhibit B, Declaration of Lawrence Burman, # 4 Exhibit C, Declaration of MLN, # 5 Exhibit D, NTA, # 6 Exhibit E, motion to reopen, # 7 Exhibit F, detainee request form, # 8 Exhibit G, Letter to IJ, # 9 Exhibit H, BIA notice of appeal, # 10 Exhibit I, Chief IJ Riley email)(Kornya, Alexander) (Entered: 05/07/2026)

#2

May 07, 2026

ORDERED that 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 May 15, 2026, the federal respondents SHOW CAUSE as to why the Petition should not be granted. Any reply will be due by May 20, 2026. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 5/7/2026. (swil) (Entered: 05/07/2026)

May 07, 2026

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema and Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick. (Agil, )

#3

May 08, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Tanzania Jaysura on behalf of Todd Blanche, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, Markwayne Mullin (Jaysura, Tanzania) (Entered: 05/08/2026)

#4

May 15, 2026

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241),, Federal Respondents' Opposition filed by Todd Blanche, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, Markwayne Mullin. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit FREX 1, # 2 Exhibit FREX 2, # 3 Exhibit FREX 3)(Jaysura, Tanzania) (Entered: 05/15/2026)

#5

May 20, 2026

Reply to 4 Opposition, filed by Maykel Lima Nunez. (Kornya, Alexander) (Entered: 05/20/2026)

#6

Jun 01, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by John Eliot Beerbower on behalf of Todd Blanche, Russell Hott, Todd Lyons, Markwayne Mullin (Beerbower, John) (Entered: 06/01/2026)

#7

Jun 02, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Elizabeth Schmelzel on behalf of Maykel Lima Nunez (Schmelzel, Elizabeth) (Main Document 7 replaced to correct PDF fillable format on 6/2/2026) (swil). (Entered: 06/02/2026)

#8

Jun 02, 2026

ORDERED that Lima Nunez's Petition, [Dkt. No. 1], is GRANTED IN PART. ORDERED that Lima Nunez be promptly released from custody, with all his personalproperty, in order to appear at a bond hearing before an Immigration Judge. ORDERED that respondents provide Lima Nunez with an individualized bond hearing before an Immigration Judge within 14 days of the date of this Order. At the bond hearing, the parties must be "subject to the same burden and standard to proof as the agency would apply in a bond hearing for an alien detained pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a)." Mauricio-Vasquez, 2017 WL 1476349, at *6. ORDERED that if Lima Nunez is released on bond, respondents-along with their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, successors, and assigns, and all persons acting in concert with thembe and are ENJOINED from rearresting Lima Nunez unless (1) he commits a violation of any federal, state, or local law; (2) he fails to comply with the conditions of his release; (3) he fails to attend a properly noticed immigration hearing; or (4) the order of removal becomes final. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 6/2/2026. (kgall) (Entered: 06/02/2026)

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Jun 02, 2026

CLERK'S JUDGMENT is hereby entered in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58, JUDGMENT is hereby entered in favor of petitioner Maykel Lima Nunez and against the respondents Markwayne Mullin, Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Russell Hott, Todd Blanche, and Jeffrey Crawford.Entered by the Clerk on 6/2/2026. (kgall) (Entered: 06/02/2026)