Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02301

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Dec 09, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10634996.), filed by Alex Velasco Hernandez. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet, # 3 Receipt)(McGuire, Jaime) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

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Dec 09, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Daniel Patrick Shean on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Krist Noem, Joseph Simon (Shean, Daniel) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

Dec 09, 2025

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

Dec 09, 2025

Electronic Fee Payment - by Alex Velasco Hernandez. Filing fee $ 5, receipt number AVAEDC-10634996.. (McGuire, Jaime)

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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 currently outside of this Courts jurisdiction, or in the process of being transferred outside of it, he must be returned to this jurisdiction unless and until the Court issues a contrary order (See Order for further details). Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/11/2025. (Sbro, ) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

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Dec 16, 2025

NOTICE by Alex Velasco Hernandez Proposed Release Plan (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(McGuire, Jaime) (Entered: 12/16/2025)

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Dec 17, 2025

Response to 3 Order,,, filed by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Krist Noem, Joseph Simon. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 (Decl. of James A. Mullan))(Shean, Daniel) (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 isfurther 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. 4) 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 Alex Velasco Hernandez and against the Respondents Pamela Bondi, Krist Noem, Todd M. Lyons, Joseph Simon and Jeff Crawford. Entered by Clerk on 12/19/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Jan 08, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Alex Velasco Hernandez. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Notice of Bond Hearing, # 2 Exhibit Bond Order, # 3 Exhibit Bond Receipt)(McGuire, Jaime) (Entered: 01/08/2026)