Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02230

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Dec 03, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10620996.), filed by Franx Dain Morales de Leon. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - ICE Detainee Locator Screenshot, # 2 Exhibit B - Birth Certificate of Petitioner's U.S. citizen child, # 3 Exhibit C - Orders in Bautista v. Santacruz, No. 5:25-cv-01873 (C.D. Cal.), # 4 Civil Cover Sheet)(Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/03/2025)

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Dec 03, 2025

Motion to appear Pro Hac Vice by Michael E. Rosado and Certification of Local Counsel Eileen P. Blessinger Filing fee $ 75, receipt number AVAEDC-10621083. by Franx Dain Morales de Leon. (Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/03/2025)

Dec 03, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Michael S Nachmanoff and Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis. (swil)

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Dec 04, 2025

ORDER granting 2 Motion for Pro hac vice Appointed Michael E. Rosado for Franx Dain Morales de Leon. Signed by District Judge Michael S Nachmanoff on 12/4/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/05/2025)

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Dec 04, 2025

ORDERED that Petitioner IS NOT to be removed or transferred from this district for any reason without this Courts permission; and it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 PM on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the Federal Respondents file either a Notice indicating that the factual and legal issues presented in this Petition do not differ in any material fashion from those presented in Servellon Martinez, 1:25-cv-1792 (E.D. Va.), or an Opposition to the Petition discussing the material differences between Servellon Martinez and this Petition; and it is further ORDERED that if the Federal Respondents file a Notice that there are no material differences between this Petition and Servellon Martinez, each of the substantive filings in that habeas proceeding will be incorporated into this habeas proceeding, and this Court will issue a ruling without further filings from the parties; and it is further ORDERED that if the Federal Respondents file an Opposition to the Petition, Petitioner shall file any reply in further support of the Petition on or before 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 11, 2025. Signed by District Judge Michael S Nachmanoff on 12/4/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/05/2025)

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Dec 09, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Elizabeth Anne Spavins on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, James A. Mullan, Kristi Noem (Spavins, Elizabeth) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

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Dec 09, 2025

Response to 4 Order,,,, filed by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, James A. Mullan, Kristi Noem. (Spavins, Elizabeth) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

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Dec 10, 2025

ORDERED the Petition (ECF 1) is GRANTED, and it is hereby ORDERED that to the extent that Petitioner seeks release from detention, Petitioner file a motion requesting a bond hearing or custody redetermination as soon as practicable; and that Federal Respondents provide Petitioner with a standard bond hearing before an IJ pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within 7 days of the date of that motion; and it is further ORDERED that Federal Respondents are ENJOINED from denying bond to Petitioner on the basis that he is detained pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); and it is further ORDERED that Federal Respondents file a status report with this Court within 3 days of the bond hearing, stating whether Petitioner has been granted bond, and, if his request for bond is denied, the reasons for that denial. Signed by District Judge Michael S Nachmanoff on 12/10/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/10/2025)

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Dec 10, 2025

CLERK'S JUDGMENT is hereby entered in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58 in favor of Petitioner Franx Dain Morales de Leon and against the Respondents Pamela Bondi, Kristi Noem, Todd M. Lyons, James A. Mullan and Paul Perry. Entered by Clerk on 12/10/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/10/2025)

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Dec 16, 2025

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, James A. Mullan, Kristi Noem. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 12/16/2025)