Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02496

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Dec 30, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10675754.), filed by Wilmer Hernandez Diaz. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit A, # 3 Exhibit B, # 4 Exhibit C)(Cruz, Tanishka) (Entered: 12/30/2025)

Dec 30, 2025

Electronic Fee Payment - by Wilmer Hernandez Diaz. Filing fee $ 5, receipt number AVAEDC-10675754.. (Cruz, Tanishka)

Dec 30, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema and Magistrate Judge Lindsey R. Vaala. (Dest)

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Dec 31, 2025

ORDERED that petitioner IS NOT to be removed or transferred from this district for any reason without this Court's permission. ORDERED that on or before 5:00 PM on January 7, 2026, the federal respondents file either a Notice indicating that the factual and legal issues presented in this Petition do not differin 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. ORDERED that if the federal respondents file a Notice that there are no material differences between this Petition and Ceba Cinta, each of the substantive filings in that habeas proceeding will be incorporated into this habeas proceeding, and this Court will issue a ruling without further filings from the parties. ORDERED that if the federal respondents file an Opposition to the Petition, petitioner shall file any reply in further support of the Petition on or before 5:00 PM on January 14, 2026. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 12/31/2025. (kgall) (Entered: 12/31/2025)

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Jan 07, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Meghan Elizabeth Loftus on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (Loftus, Meghan) (Entered: 01/07/2026)

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Jan 07, 2026

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241) filed by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Loftus, Meghan) (Entered: 01/07/2026)

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Jan 08, 2026

ORDERED that Diaz be promptly released from custody, with all his personal property, pending his bond hearing before an Immigration Judge. Diaz must live at a fixed address which he must provide to the federal respondents; and it is further ORDERED that respondents provide Diaz 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 Diaz on the basis that he is detained pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); and it is further ORDERED that, if Diaz 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 the bond hearing, stating whether Diaz has been granted bond, and, if his request for bond was denied, thereasons for that denial (see Order for further details). Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 1/8/2026. (Dest) (Entered: 01/08/2026)

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Jan 08, 2026

CLERK'S JUDGMENT is hereby entered in accordance with Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in favor of of the Petitioner Wilmer Hernandez Diaz and against the Respondents Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, and Jeffrey Crawford. Entered by Clerk on 1/8/2026. (Dest) (Entered: 01/08/2026)

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Jan 23, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Schmidt, Robert) (Entered: 01/23/2026)