Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02128

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Nov 21, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10602993.), filed by Nelson Geovanny Cordoba Guerra. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Notice to Appear, # 2 Exhibit B - Redacted Birth Certificates, # 3 Exhibit C - Redacted Death Certificates)(Calderon, Ofelia) (Entered: 11/21/2025)

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Nov 21, 2025

Civil Cover Sheet by Nelson Geovanny Cordoba Guerra. (Calderon, Ofelia) (Entered: 11/21/2025)

Nov 21, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis. (wgar, )

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Dec 01, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Raul A. Ruiz on behalf of Pamela Jo Bondi, Jeff Crawford, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem (Ruiz, Raul) (Entered: 12/01/2025)

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Dec 05, 2025

ORDERED that Petitioner shall not be removed from this jurisdiction or the United Stales 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 12, 2025, Petitioner's counsel file with the Court a proposed release plan for the Petitioner, which must include a Fixed addressat 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 12, 2025, Respondents snow CAUSE as to why the Petition should not be granted. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/5/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/05/2025)

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Dec 11, 2025

NOTICE by Nelson Geovanny Cordoba Guerra of Proposed Release Plan (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D)(Calderon, Ofelia) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

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Dec 12, 2025

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241), filed by Pamela Jo Bondi, Jeff Crawford, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Ruiz, Raul) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

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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 provided in the 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 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); 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 12/19/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Dec 19, 2025

CLERK'S JUDGMENT is hereby entered in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58 in favor of the Petitioner Nelson Geovanny Cordoba Guerra and against the Respondents Jeff Crawford, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem and Pamela Jo Bondi. Entered by Clerk on 12/19/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Jan 07, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Jo Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 01/07/2026)