Western District of Pennsylvania • 3:26-cv-01275

#1

Jul 02, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing fee, including Administrative fee, $5, receipt number 300001127), filed by VIANNER JHONERI CONTRERAS RINCON. (Attachments: # 1 Attachment, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 2, # 4 Exhibit 3, # 5 Receipt, # 6 Envelope) (tla) Attachment and Exhibit 3 removed from view due to PII. Modified text on 7/2/2026. (tla) (Entered: 07/02/2026)

Jul 02, 2026

Judge Mark R. Hornak added. (tla)

#2

Jul 09, 2026

Order

#3

Jul 09, 2026

Remark: On this date, a copy of ECF Nos. 1 and 2 were emailed to the following address by the Court's Deputy: usapaw.civ.imm.2241.moshannon@usdoj.gov. Text-only entry. No PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (bdb) (Entered: 07/09/2026)

#4

Jul 09, 2026

Remark: On this date, a copy of the Order at ECF No. 2 was mailed to the following: VIANNER JHONERI CONTRERAS RINCON, A - 244270009, MOSHANNON VALLEY PROCESSING CENTER, LEGAL MAIL - Open in Presence of Detainee, 555 GEO DRIVE PHILIPSBURG, PA 16866. Text-only entry. No PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (bdb) (Entered: 07/09/2026)

#5

Jul 10, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Michael Leo Ivory on behalf of MOSHANNON VALLEY ICE PROCESSING CENTER, WARDEN. (Ivory, Michael) (Entered: 07/10/2026)

#6

Jul 13, 2026

RESPONSE to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus,, filed by MOSHANNON VALLEY ICE PROCESSING CENTER, WARDEN. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1) (Ivory, Michael) (Entered: 07/13/2026)

#7

Jul 17, 2026

ORDER DISMISSING PETITIONER'S PETITION AS MOOT AND CLOSING CASE ON DOCKET WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Petitioner submitted a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus [ECF 1] dated June 26, 2026. The Clerk of this Court received that hard-copy filing and docketed it on July 2, 2026. But in the interim, on June 29, 2026, the Petitioner's application for voluntary departure was granted by an Immigration Judge ("IJ"). The Respondents in this Action have filed the IJ's Order on the docket at ECF 6-1, confirming that IJ's approval of the "voluntary departure with safeguards" of the Petitioner. As such, the Petitioner's assertion in his habeas corpus petition that he should be subject to detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) instead of 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2) and therefore entitled to a bond hearing is moot, because he is no longer subject to detention under either. He is now subject to detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(a)(2) and 8 C.F.R. § 240.25(b), which allows "any conditions... deem[ed] necessary" to be attached to a grant of voluntary departure, including detention pending departure. The Court therefore dismisses the Petitioner's Petition [ECF 1] and closes the case on the docket without prejudice to it being reopened for good cause shown. Signed by Judge Mark R. Hornak on 7/17/26. Text-only entry; no PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (bdb) (Entered: 07/17/2026)

Jul 17, 2026

Order AND ~Util - Terminate Civil Case

#8

Jul 21, 2026

Remark: On this date, a copy of ECF No. 7 was mailed to the following: VIANNER JHONERI CONTRERAS RINCON, A - 244270009, MOSHANNON VALLEY PROCESSING CENTERLEGAL MAIL - Open in Presence of Detainee, 555 GEO DRIVE, PHILIPSBURG, PA 16866. Text-only entry. No PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (bdb) (Entered: 07/21/2026)