Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02276

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Dec 07, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10629952.), filed by Jose Benitez Gutierrez. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit Exhibit 4, # 5 Civil Cover Sheet civil cover sheet)(Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/07/2025)

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Dec 07, 2025

Motion to appear Pro Hac Vice by Jessica Dawgert and Certification of Local Counsel Eileen Blessinger Filing fee $ 75, receipt number AVAEDC-10629955. by Jose Benitez Gutierrez. (Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/07/2025)

Dec 07, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and US Magistrate Judge William B. Porter. (swil)

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Dec 08, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Sean Douglas Jansen on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem, Paul Perry (Jansen, Sean) (Entered: 12/08/2025)

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Dec 08, 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.'"); it is further ORDERED that if Petitioner is in the process of being transferred outside of the Court's jurisdiction, he must be returned to this jurisdiction unless and until the Court issues a contrary order; it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2025, Respondents SHOW CAUSE as to why the Petition should not be granted; and it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2025, Petitioner's counsel file with the Court a proposed release plan for the Petitioner, which must include a fixed address at which Petitioner shall reside should the Petition be granted. Petitioner's counsel should redact personal identifiers or file those documents under seal. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/8/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

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Dec 09, 2025

ORDER granting 2 Motion for Pro hac vice. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/09/2025. (Giles, Patricia) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

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Dec 10, 2025

Sealed Document re 5 Order,,,,,. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit 1)(Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/10/2025)

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Dec 15, 2025

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241), filed by Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem, Paul Perry. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Jansen, Sean) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

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Dec 17, 2025

Reply to 7 Opposition filed by Jose Benitez Gutierrez. (Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/17/2025)

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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; 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); 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. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/19/2025. See Order for further details. (triv) (Entered: 12/19/2025)

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Dec 19, 2025

CLERK'S JUDGMENT entered in favor of the Petitioner in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58. Signed by Clerk on 12/19/2025. (triv) (Entered: 12/19/2025)

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Jan 11, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem. (Schmidt, Robert) (Entered: 01/11/2026)