Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02098

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Nov 18, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10595633.), filed by Ruben Alexander Flores Grande. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(He, Yue) (Entered: 11/18/2025)

Nov 18, 2025

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

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Nov 21, 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 outside of this Courts jurisdiction, or in the process of being transferred outside of it, 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 Friday, December 5, 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; and it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 5, 2025, Respondents SHOW CAUSE as to why the Petition should not be granted. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 11/21/2025. (swil) (Entered: 11/24/2025)

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Nov 26, 2025

MOTION Habeas Grant by Ruben Alexander Flores Grande. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(He, Yue) (Entered: 11/26/2025)

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Nov 26, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Meghan Elizabeth Loftus on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Loftus, Meghan) (Entered: 11/26/2025)

#5

Dec 05, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Peter B. Baumhart on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Baumhart, Peter) (Entered: 12/05/2025)

#6

Dec 05, 2025

Response to 2 Order,,,,, 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241) filed by Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Baumhart, Peter) (Entered: 12/05/2025)

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Dec 08, 2025

AFFIDAVIT Proposed Release Plan by Ruben Alexander Flores Grande. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(He, Yue) (Entered: 12/08/2025)

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Dec 19, 2025

ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Dkt. 1) is GRANTED; it is further 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. 7) and appear at the bond hearing once the governmentnotifies 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 twenty-one (21) 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) (See Order for further details). Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/19/2025. (Sbro, ) (Entered: 12/19/2025)

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Dec 19, 2025

JUDGMENT is hereby entered in favor of Petitioner Ruben Alexander Flores Grande and against Respondents Joseph Simon, Kristi Noem, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Jeff Crawford Pursuant to the Order of this Court entered on December 19, 2025 and in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58. Signed by Clerk on 12/19/2025. (Sbro, ) (Entered: 12/19/2025)

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Jan 07, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 01/07/2026)