Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02409

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Dec 19, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10660904.), filed by Luis Monge, Abel Vicente Juarez. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, Immigration Judge Order, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet)(Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 12/19/2025)

Dec 19, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema and US Magistrate Judge William B. Porter. (wgar, )

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Dec 22, 2025

ORDERED that petitioners ARE NOT to be removed or transferred from this district for any reason without this Court's permission; and it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 PM on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, the federal respondents file either a Notice indicating that the factual and legal issues presented in this Petition do not differ in any material fashion from those presented in Ceba Cinta v. Noem. et al., 1:25-CV-1818 (E.D. Va.), or an Opposition to the Petition discussing the material differences between Ceba Cinta and this Petition. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 12/22/2025. SEE ORDER FOR FURTHER DETAILS.(wgar, ) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Dec 22, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Christian James Cooper on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (Cooper, Christian) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Dec 30, 2025

NOTICE by Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon re 2 Order,, (Cooper, Christian) (Entered: 12/30/2025)

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Jan 05, 2026

ORDERED that Juarez's and Monge's Petition, [Dkt. No. 1], is GRANTED, and itis hereby ORDERED that Juarez and Monge be promptly released from custody, with all their personal property, pending their bond hearings before an Immigration Judge. Juarez and Monge must each live at a fixed address, which they must provide to the federal respondents; and it is further ORDERED that respondents provide Juarez and Monge with a standard bond hearing before an Immigration Judge pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within 14 days of the date of this Order; and it is further ORDERED that respondents be and are ENJOINED from denying bond to Juarez and Monge on the basis that they are detained pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); and it is further ORDERED that, if Juarez and/or Monge is granted bond, respondents be and are ENJOINED from invoking the automatic stay provision at 8 C.F.R. § 1003.19(i)(2); and it is further ORDERED that respondents file a status report with this Court within 3 days of each bond hearing, stating whether Juarez and Monge have been granted bond, and, if a request for bond was denied, the reasons for that denial. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 1/5/2026. (swil) (Entered: 01/05/2026)

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Jan 05, 2026

CLERK'S JUDGMENT is hereby entered in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58 in favor of the Petitioners Abel Vicente Juarez and Luis Monge and against the Respondents Kristi Noem, Todd Lyons, Joseph Simon, Pamela Bondi, Jeffrey Crawford and Paul Perry. Entered by Clerk on 1/5/2026. (swil) (Entered: 01/05/2026)

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Jan 16, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Schmidt, Robert) (Entered: 01/16/2026)

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Jan 16, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Schmidt, Robert) (Entered: 01/16/2026)