Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02321

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Dec 11, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10639892.), filed by Ramish Amiri. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(He, Yue) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

Dec 11, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick. (Sbro, )

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Dec 12, 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; it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 19, 2025, Petitioner's counsel file with the Court a proposed release plan for the Petitioner, which must include a fixed addressat which Petitioner shall reside should the Petition be granted. Petitioner's counsel should redact personal identifiers or file those documents under seal; and it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 19, 2025, Respondents SHOW CAUSE as to why the Petition should not be granted. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/12/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

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Dec 15, 2025

AFFIDAVIT re 2 Order,,,,, Proposed Release Plan by Ramish Amiri. (He, Yue) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

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Dec 15, 2025

MOTION to Seal ECF No. 3, Affidavit Proposed Release Plan by Ramish Amiri. (He, Yue) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

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Dec 15, 2025

AFFIDAVIT re 4 MOTION to Seal ECF No. 3, Affidavit Proposed Release Plan, 2 Order,,,,, Redacted Proposed Release Plan by Ramish Amiri. (He, Yue) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

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Dec 19, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Christian James Cooper on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Cooper, Christian) (Entered: 12/19/2025)

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Dec 19, 2025

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241) filed by Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Declaration of James A. Mullan)(Cooper, Christian) (Entered: 12/19/2025)

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Jan 06, 2026

NOTICE by Ramish Amiri of Supplemental Authority in support of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (He, Yue) (Entered: 01/06/2026)

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Jan 13, 2026

MOTION to Expedite Ruling on Habeas Petition by Ramish Amiri. (He, Yue) (Entered: 01/13/2026)

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Jan 14, 2026

ORDERED that the Petitioner shall hie a status report indicating the outcome of the bond hearing by 12:00 p.m. on January 15, 2026. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 01/14/2026. (dvanm) (Entered: 01/14/2026)

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Jan 15, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Ramish Amiri. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(He, Yue) (Entered: 01/15/2026)

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Jan 15, 2026

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 the fixed address identified in his Proposed Release Plan (Dkt. 3) and must 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 fourteen (14) 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 1/15/2026. (swil) (Entered: 01/15/2026)

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Jan 15, 2026

CLERK'S JUDGMENT is hereby entered in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58 in favor of he Petitioner Ramish Amiri and against the Respondents Joseph Simon, Kristi Noem, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review and Jeffrey N. Dillman. Entered by Clerk on 1/15/2026. (swil) (Entered: 01/15/2026)

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Jan 30, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Schmidt, Robert) (Entered: 01/30/2026)