Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02294

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Dec 09, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10633358.), filed by Jesus Flores. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Kim, David) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

Dec 09, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis. (dvanm)

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Dec 11, 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. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/11/2025. SEE ORDER FOR FURTHER DETAILS. (wgar, ) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

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Dec 18, 2025

EXHIBIT proposed release plan by Jesus Flores.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Kim, David) (Entered: 12/18/2025)

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Dec 18, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Kent Pendleton Porter on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Department of Homeland Security, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Paul Perry, Joseph Simon (Porter, Kent) (Entered: 12/18/2025)

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Dec 18, 2025

Response to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241) filed by Pamela Bondi, Department of Homeland Security, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Paul Perry, Joseph Simon. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit)(Porter, Kent) (Entered: 12/18/2025)

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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 identified in his Release Plan (Dkt. 3) 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 Respondentsalong with their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, successors, and assigns, and all persons acting in concert with thembe 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. (jlan) (Entered: 12/19/2025)

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Dec 19, 2025

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

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Jan 07, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Department of Homeland Security, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 01/07/2026)