District of New Jersey • 2:26-cv-07801

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Jun 26, 2026

Second PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number ANJDC-17588155.), filed by LIARIS YOVAN ECHEANAGUCIA-ROMERO. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit A - Detainee Locator, # 3 Exhibit B - Appeal Receipt)(MONTERO, FRANKLIN) (Entered: 06/26/2026)

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Jun 26, 2026

Emergency MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by LIARIS YOVAN ECHEANAGUCIA-ROMERO. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(MONTERO, FRANKLIN) (Entered: 06/26/2026)

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Jun 26, 2026

TEXT ORDER. Respondents are hereby enjoined from transferring Petitioner from New Jersey pending further Order of the Court. So Ordered by Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb on 6/26/2026. (ps) (Entered: 06/26/2026)

Jun 26, 2026

Case Assigned/Reassigned

Jun 26, 2026

Emergent Immigration Habeas Non-transfer Order

Jun 26, 2026

Case Assigned to Judge Evelyn Padin. (ps)

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Jun 28, 2026

TEXT ORDER: This matter comes before the Court upon Petitioner Liaris Yovani Echeanagucia-Romero's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2241. D.E. 1 ("Petition"). Petitioner challenges his prolonged detention by immigration authorities as unlawful and seeks immediate release. In accordance with Rule 4 of the Rules Governing 2254 Cases ("Habeas Rule 4"), applicable to § 2241 cases through Rule 1(b), scope of the Rules, this Court has screened the Petition for dismissal and determined dismissal without a full answer is not warranted. Respondents shall file an expedited answer to the Petition within 7 days, including an affidavit from an official with personal knowledge of Petitioner's removal plan. So Ordered by Judge Evelyn Padin on 6/26/2026. (bt) (Entered: 06/28/2026)

Jun 28, 2026

Text Order

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Jul 06, 2026

Notice of Appearance

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Jul 06, 2026

Response to Habeas Petition

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Jul 15, 2026

TEXT ORDER: This matter is before the Court on Petitioner's Second Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, D.E. 1 ("Second Petition"), and emergency motion for a temporary restraining order, D.E. 2 ("TRO Motion"). On 6/26/2026, the Court enjoined Petitioner's transfer outside New Jersey while this matter remained pending. D.E. 3 ("No Transfer Order"). The Court then directed Respondents to file an expedited answer. D.E. 4 . Respondents filed their Answer on 7/6/2026. D.E. 6 ("Answer"). In Petitioner's prior habeas action, the Court determined that Petitioner was detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) and ordered Respondents to provide him a bond hearing. See Echeanagucia-Romero v. Bondi, No. 25-cv-18628, D.E. 5 (D.N.J. Dec. 26, 2025). An Immigration Judge denied Petitioner bond on 12/30/2025. See id., D.E. [6-1], Ex. A ("IJ Order"). Petitioner did not appeal that determination to the Board of Immigration Appeals, and he does not contend that the bond hearing itself denied him due process. Answer at 2; see generally Second Petition. Petitioner was detained on November 25, 2025, and he is not subject to a final order of removal because his appeal remains pending before the Board of Immigration Appeals. Answer at 1-2. Thus, his removal period has not begun, and his detention is governed by § 1226(a), not § 1231(a). Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001), therefore does not control, because it concerns post-final-removal-order detention under § 1231(a)(6). See id. at 682, 699-701. Petitioner now seeks immediate release or a second bond hearing, asserting that his approximately seven months of detention violate the Due Process Clause. Second Petition at 11-12. They do not. Under Borbot v. Warden Hudson County Correctional Facility, 906 F.3d 274 (3d Cir. 2018), the duration of detention alone cannot establish a due-process violation where, as here, the detainee has received the process provided by § 1226(a) and its implementing regulations. Id. at 279-80. Although detention under § 1226(a) may become constitutionally unreasonable in an extreme case, Petitioner's approximately seven months of pre-final-removal-order detention--following a bond hearing at which he was denied release--does not cross that line. See id.; Dabre v. Soto, No. 26-6631, 2026 WL 1662612, at *2 (D.N.J. June 9, 2026) (denying a habeas petitioner where the petitioner had been detained for approximately eleven months in similar circumstances). It is therefore ORDERED that the Second Petition, D.E. 1, is DENIED. The TRO Motion, D.E. 2, is DENIED as MOOT, and the No Transfer Order, D.E. 3, is VACATED. The Clerk shall CLOSE this matter. So Ordered by Judge Evelyn Padin on 7/15/2026. (wh) (Entered: 07/15/2026)

Jul 15, 2026

Order of Dismissal AND Text Order