Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02320

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Dec 10, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10638635.), filed by Ariel Rolando Ramon Perez. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Bhargava, Inderjit) (Entered: 12/10/2025)

Dec 10, 2025

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

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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

NOTICE of Appearance by Peter B. Baumhart on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (Baumhart, Peter) (Entered: 12/18/2025)

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Dec 18, 2025

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241) filed by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Baumhart, Peter) (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 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 a fixed address and provide that address to the Court within twenty-four (24) hours of the issuance of this Order. Petitioner must also 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: 12/19/2025)

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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 Ariel Rolando Ramon Perez and against the Respondents Todd M. Lyons, Joseph Simon, Pamela Bondi, Kristi Noem and Paul Perry. Entered by Clerk on 12/19/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/19/2025)

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Dec 22, 2025

EXHIBIT Proof of fixed address by Ariel Rolando Ramon Perez.. (Attachments: # 1 Supplement Declaration of wife showing proof of address, # 2 Supplement Gas bill showing proof of address)(Bhargava, Inderjit) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Jan 07, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 01/07/2026)