District of Minnesota • 0:26-cv-01451

#1

Feb 15, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (filing fee $ 5, receipt number AMNDC-12686462) filed by Julio Neptaly Cortes Villatoro. No summons requested. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet) (Mahoney-Mosedale, Frances) (Entered: 02/15/2026)

#2

Feb 15, 2026

(Text-Only) CLERK'S NOTICE OF INITIAL CASE ASSIGNMENT. Case assigned to Judge John R. Tunheim per 3rd/4th - Prisoner: Alien Detainee Habeas list, referred to Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois. Please use case number 26-cv-1451 JRT/LIB.Notice: All Nongovernmental Corporate Parties must file a Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement. (MMG) (Entered: 02/15/2026)

#3

Feb 16, 2026

ORDER. If Petitioner is being detained in Minnesota, Respondents are ENJOINED from removing, transferring, or otherwise facilitating the removal of Petitioner from the District of Minnesota until the Court issues an order on the pending Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1 . If Petitioner has already been removed from Minnesota, Respondents are ORDERED to immediately return Petitioner to Minnesota. Respondents are directed to file an answer to the petition for a writ of habeas corpus of Petitioner Julio N.C.V. by no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 18, 2026. If Petitioner intends to file a reply to Respondents' answer, he must do so by no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 19, 2026. Thereafter, no further submissions from either party will be permitted, except as authorized by Court order. Signed by Judge John R. Tunheim on 2/16/2026. (CRD) (Entered: 02/16/2026)

#4

Feb 18, 2026

RESPONSE by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem re 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, . (Brown, Trevor) (Entered: 02/18/2026)

#5

Feb 18, 2026

DECLARATION of Xiong Lee re 4 Response by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noem . (Brown, Trevor) (Entered: 02/18/2026)

#6

Feb 19, 2026

RESPONSE by Julio Neptaly Cortes Villatoro re 4 Response Petitioner's Reply to Federal Respondents' Response to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. (Mahoney-Mosedale, Frances) (Entered: 02/19/2026)

#7

Feb 21, 2026

Memorandum & Opinion