Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02275

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Dec 06, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10629871.), filed by Gerson Israel Garcia Claros. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Kim, David) (Entered: 12/06/2025)

Dec 06, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema and Magistrate Judge Lindsey R. Vaala. (dvanm)

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Dec 08, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Daniel Patrick Shean on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Department of Homeland Security, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (Shean, Daniel) (Entered: 12/08/2025)

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Dec 08, 2025

ORDERED that petitioner IS NOT to be removed or transferred from this district for any reason without this Court's permission; and it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 PM on Friday, December 12, 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 Ceba Cinta v. Noem. et al., L25-CV-1818 (E.D. Va.), or an Opposition to the Petition discussing the material differences between Ceba Cina and this Petition. (see order for details) Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 12/8/2025. (dvanm) (Entered: 12/08/2025)

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Dec 11, 2025

Response to 3 Order,, filed by Pamela Bondi, Department of Homeland Security, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Shean, Daniel) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

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Dec 11, 2025

Reply to 4 Response reply to respondents' response to court order filed by Gerson Israel Garcia Claros. (Kim, David) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

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Dec 12, 2025

ORDER Granting Claros' Petition, and it is hereby ORDERED that Claros be promptly released from custody, with all his personal property, pending his bond hearing before an Immigration Judge. Claros must live at a fixed address which he must provide to the federal respondents. ORDERED that respondents provide Claros with a standard bond hearing before an Immigration Judge pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within 14 days of the date of this Order; and it is further ORDERED that respondents be and are ENJOINED from denying bond to Claros on the basis that he is detained pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); and it is further ORDERED that, if Claros is granted bond, respondents be and are ENJOINED from invoking the automatic stay provision at 8 C.F.R. § 1003.19(i)(2); and it is further ORDERED that respondents file a status report with this Court within 3 days of the bond hearing, stating whether Claros has been granted bond, and, if his request for bond was denied, the reasons for that denial. (see order for details) Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 12/12/2025. (dvanm) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

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Dec 12, 2025

Clerks Judgment is hereby entered in accordance with Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in favor of the Petitioner, Gerson Israel Garcia Claros, and against the Respondents, Todd M. Lyons, Joseph Simon, KristiNoem, Pamela Bondi, Jeffrey Crawford, Executive Office for Immigration Review, and Department of Homeland Security. Signed by Clerk on 12/12/2025. (dvanm) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

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Dec 20, 2025

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Department of Homeland Security, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 12/20/2025)