Northern District of Texas • 1:26-cv-00462
Gandza v. Warden, Bluebonnet Detention Center
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Case Information
Filed: September 15, 2026
Assigned to:
James Wesley Hendrix
Referred to:
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Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause:
28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
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Last Activity:
September 17, 2026
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Docket Entries
#1
Sep 15, 2026
PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Eleanor Itoua Gandza. Unless exempted, attorneys who are not admitted to practice in the Northern District of Texas must seek admission promptly. Forms, instructions, and exemption information may be found at www.txnd.uscourts.gov, or by clicking here: Attorney Information - Bar Membership. If admission requirements are not satisfied within 21 days, the clerk will notify the presiding judge. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum, # 2 Medical Exhibits, # 3 Exhibit(s)) (skh) Modified to seal attachment 2- Medical Exhibits due to PII on 9/15/2026 (skh). (Entered: 09/15/2026)
Main Document:
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
#2
Sep 15, 2026
New Case Notes: A filing fee has not been paid. No prior sanctions found. (For court use only - links to the national and circuit indexes.) (skh) (Entered: 09/15/2026)
#3
Sep 15, 2026
Notice and Instruction to Pro Se Party. (skh) (Entered: 09/15/2026)
Main Document:
Notice
#4
Sep 15, 2026
MOTION to Expedite filed by Eleanor Itoua Gandza. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order) (skh) (Entered: 09/15/2026)
Main Document:
MOTION
Sep 15, 2026
***Clerk's Notice of delivery: (see NEF for details) Docket No:3. mailed to Eleanor Itoua Gandza at Bluebonnet Detention Center on Tue Sep 15 16:30:44 CDT 2026 (crt)
Sep 15, 2026
***DISREGARD No document attached at entry 2** Clerk's Notice of delivery: (see NEF for details) Docket No:2. mailed to Eleanor Itoua Gandza at Bluebonnet Detention Center on Tue Sep 15 16:30:36 CDT 2026 (crt) Modified on 9/15/2026 (skh).
#5
Sep 16, 2026
ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SCREENING AND STANDING ORDER. Judicial screening of this case is pending. See Rule 1(b) and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 habeas cases. The Court will order Respondent to file an answer, if necessary, after screening is complete. It is therefore ORDERED that (1) no motions for appointment of counsel shall be filed until the Court has completed the screening process, (2) all discovery in this case is stayed until Respondent is ordered to file an answer or until further order of the court, (3) no amendments or supplements to the habeas corpus petition shall be filed without prior Court approval, and (4) any motion to amend the habeas petition must be accompanied by a complete proposed amended petition on the required form. It is further ORDERED that Petitioner must promptly notify the Court in writing of any change of address by filing a written Notice of Change of Address with the Clerk of the Court. Failure to provide updated address information may result in the dismissal of the case for failure to prosecute or follow court order under Fed. R. Civ. 41(b). (Ordered by Judge James Wesley Hendrix on 9/16/2026) (chmb) (Entered: 09/16/2026)
#6
Sep 16, 2026
ELECTRONIC ORDER AND NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY: Petitioner did not pay the required filing fee or file a request to proceed in forma pauperis. Therefore, Petitioner is ORDERED to pay the $5.00 filing fee or file an application to proceed in forma pauperis by October 16, 2026 (30 days). Petitioner's failure to comply with this order may result in the dismissal of this action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). The Clerk is directed to provide to Petitioner, with service of this order, a form application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Ordered by Judge James Wesley Hendrix on 9/16/2026) (chmb) (Entered: 09/16/2026)
Sep 16, 2026
Order
Sep 16, 2026
Order And Notice of Deficiency
Sep 16, 2026
***Clerk's Notice of delivery: (see NEF for details) Docket No: 5, 6. with application IFP mailed to Eleanor Itoua Gandza at Bluebonnet Detention Center on Wed Sep 16 10:16:44 CDT 2026 (crt)
#7
Sep 17, 2026
Order on Motion to Expedite
Main Document:
Order on Motion to Expedite
Parties
Gandza
Party
Warden, Bluebonnet Detention Center
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