Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02227

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Dec 02, 2025

First PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10620445.), filed by ARLES E CRUZ SANCHEZ. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Hernandez, Hector) (Entered: 12/02/2025)

Dec 02, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick. (dvanm)

Dec 02, 2025

Electronic Fee Payment - by ARLES E CRUZ SANCHEZ. Filing fee $ 5, receipt number AVAEDC-10620445.. (Hernandez, Hector)

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Dec 03, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Sean Douglas Jansen on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (Jansen, Sean) (Entered: 12/03/2025)

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Dec 03, 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.) (see order for details). Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/03/2025. (dvanm) (Entered: 12/04/2025)

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Dec 10, 2025

Response to 3 Order,, filed by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit FREX1)(Jansen, Sean) (Entered: 12/10/2025)

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Dec 10, 2025

Sealed Response/Reply/Opposition - Proposed Release Plan. (Hernandez, Hector) (Entered: 12/10/2025)

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Dec 10, 2025

Notice of Filing Sealing Motion LCvR5(C) by Arles Eduardo Cruz Sanchez (Hernandez, Hector) (Entered: 12/10/2025)

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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 Arles Eduardo Cruz Sanchez and against the Respondents U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Pamela Bondi. Entered by Clerk on 12/19/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Jan 07, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 01/07/2026)