District of Nebraska • 4:26-cv-03342

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Oct 09, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5, receipt number ANEDC-5665825), by Attorney Preetkamal Singh on behalf of Jaibir Singh (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit)(Singh, Preetkamal) (Entered: 10/09/2026)

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Oct 13, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE - The Clerk of the Court shall, before docketing this order, add Ryan Kunhart of Dvorak Law Group LLC as counsel for counsel for Sheriff of Lincoln County, Nebraska, and add Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher L. Ferretti for the other respondents solely for the purpose of providing notice and so that the U.S. Attorney's Office may assign counsel of record, and shall after doing so regenerate the filing for the petition. The respondents shall, on or before October 20, 2026, make a return certifying the true cause and proper duration of the petitioner's detention and showing cause why the writ should not be granted. The respondents' answer must include: a. Such affidavits and exhibits as are necessar y to establish the lawfulness of the petitioner's detention in light of the issues raised in the petition; b. Such affidavits and exhibits as are necessary to establish the circumstances of the petitioner's initial contact with U.S. immigra tion officials, the basis for and conditions of his release from custody, if any, and a procedural history of his immigration and release status from the time of his initial encounter with U.S. immigration officials to the present; c. A reasoned memo randum of law and fact explaining the respondents' legal position on the petitioner's claims; d. The government's position on whether an evidentiary hearing should be conducted; and e. Whether petitioner was arrested pursuant to a warr ant and, if so, a copy of that warrant. The petitioner may reply in support of the petition on or before October 27, 2026. The respondents are enjoined from removing the petitioner from the United States and from the District of Nebraska until further order of the Court. If the petitioner has already been removed from Nebraska, the respondents are ordered to immediately return the petitioner to Nebraska. Ordered by Senior Judge John M. Gerrard. (LKO)

Oct 13, 2026

Assignment of Judges

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Oct 14, 2026

Response

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Oct 14, 2026

Response

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Oct 14, 2026

Strike

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Oct 14, 2026

Response

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Oct 14, 2026

Index

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Oct 14, 2026

Declaration

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Oct 15, 2026

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (filing 1 ) is conditionally granted. The government shall provide the petitioner with a bond hearing pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) and the corresponding regulations on or befor e October 22, 2026. If the government does not provide the petitioner with a bond hearing as required, the petitioner must be immediately released from detention. On or before October 27, 2026, the government shall provide the Court with a status update regarding the bond hearing or, if no bond hearing was held, advise the Court regarding the petitioner's release. Ordered by Senior Judge John M. Gerrard. (LKO).

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Oct 15, 2026

Judgment

Oct 15, 2026

Order on Motion to Strike

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Oct 22, 2026

Status Report