U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit • 25-03169
Chen v. Almodovar
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Filed: December 18, 2025
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Nature of Suit: Nature of Suit 1
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May 06, 2026
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Docket Entries
#1
Dec 17, 2025
NOTICE OF PRISONER APPEAL, with district court docket, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. [Entered: 12/18/2025 09:31 AM]
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NOTICE
#2
Dec 17, 2025
DISTRICT COURT OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS, dated 12/04/2025, RECEIVED. [Entered: 12/18/2025 09:33 AM]
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DISTRICT
#3
Dec 17, 2025
DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT, dated 12/04/2025, RECEIVED. [Entered: 12/18/2025 09:34 AM]
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DISTRICT
#4
Dec 17, 2025
PAYMENT OF DOCKETING FEE, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, district court receipt # ANYSDC−32142025, FILED. [Entered: 12/18/2025 09:35 AM]
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PAYMENT
#5
Dec 17, 2025
ELECTRONIC INDEX, in lieu of record, FILED. [Entered: 12/18/2025 09:38 AM]
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ELECTRONIC
#6
Dec 18, 2025
PRISONER APPEAL, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, OPENED. [Entered: 12/18/2025 09:43 AM]
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PRISONER
#7
Dec 18, 2025
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL/ADDITIONAL COUNSEL, on behalf of Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. [Entered: 12/18/2025 10:22 AM]
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NOTICE
#8
Dec 18, 2025
ATTORNEY, Cassandra Esteban Brusi for Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, ADDED. [Entered: 12/18/2025 10:31 AM]
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ATTORNEY, Cassandra
#9
Dec 23, 2025
FORM C, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. Service date 12/23/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 12/23/2025 02:56 PM]
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FORM
#10
Dec 23, 2025
FORM D, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. Service date 12/23/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 12/23/2025 02:59 PM]
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FORM
#11
Dec 23, 2025
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND NOTICE OF APPEARANCE, on behalf of Appellee Judith Almodovar, Appellee Kristi Noem, Appellee Pamela Bondi, FILED. Service date 12/23/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 12/23/2025 05:12 PM]
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
#12
Dec 31, 2025
LR 31.2 SCHEDULING NOTIFICATION, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, informing Court of proposed due date 02/27/2026, RECEIVED. Service date 12/31/2025 by ACMS. [Entered: 12/31/2025 04:02 PM]
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LR
#13
Jan 02, 2026
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL/ADDITIONAL COUNSEL, on behalf of Judith Almodovar, Kristi Noem, Pamela Bondi, FILED. [Entered: 01/02/2026 02:27 PM]
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NOTICE
#14
Jan 06, 2026
ATTORNEY, Jennifer Jude for Appellee Judith Almodovar, ADDED. [Entered: 01/06/2026 08:03 AM]
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ATTORNEY, Jennifer
#15
Jan 16, 2026
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL/ADDITIONAL COUNSEL, on behalf of Judith Almodovar, Kristi Noem, Pamela Bondi, FILED. [Entered: 01/16/2026 02:07 PM]
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NOTICE
#16
Jan 20, 2026
ATTORNEY, Craig Alan Newell for Appellee Judith Almodovar, Appellee Kristi Noem, Appellee Pamela Bondi, ADDED. [Entered: 01/20/2026 09:13 AM]
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ATTORNEY, Craig
#17
Jan 20, 2026
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND NOTICE OF APPEARANCE, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. Service date 01/20/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 01/20/2026 04:37 PM]
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
#18
Jan 23, 2026
NEW CASE MANAGER, Chasidy Lopez, ASSIGNED. [Entered: 01/23/2026 09:59 AM]
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NEW
#19
Jan 23, 2026
SO-ORDERED SCHEDULING NOTIFICATION, setting Appellant Xiaoquan Chen's, Brief due date as 02/27/2026, Appendix due date as 02/27/2026, FILED. [Entered: 01/23/2026 10:24 AM]
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SO-ORDERED
#20
Feb 24, 2026
BRIEF & APPENDIX, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. Service date 02/24/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 02/24/2026 12:46 PM]
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BRIEF
#21
Feb 25, 2026
DEFECTIVE DOCUMENT, Brief & Appendix, at docket entry 20, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. [Entered: 02/25/2026 10:29 AM]
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DEFECTIVE
#22
Feb 25, 2026
BRIEF & APPENDIX, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. Service date 02/25/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 02/25/2026 12:18 PM]
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BRIEF
#23
Feb 25, 2026
CURED DEFECTIVE DOCUMENT, Brief & Appendix, at entry 22, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. [Entered: 02/25/2026 02:14 PM]
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CURED
#24
Feb 27, 2026
LR 31.2 SCHEDULING NOTIFICATION, on behalf of Appellee Judith Almodovar, Appellee Kristi Noem, Appellee Pamela Bondi, informing Court of proposed due date 05/26/2026, RECEIVED. Service date 02/27/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 02/27/2026 02:20 PM]
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LR
#25
Feb 27, 2026
SO-ORDERED SCHEDULING NOTIFICATION, setting Appellee Judith Almodovar, Kristi Noem, Pamela Bondi's, Brief due date as 05/26/2026, FILED. [Entered: 02/27/2026 04:01 PM]
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SO-ORDERED
#26
Mar 03, 2026
DEFECTIVE DOCUMENT, Brief & Appendix, at docket entry 22, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. [Entered: 03/03/2026 01:13 PM]
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DEFECTIVE
#27
Mar 04, 2026
BRIEF & APPENDIX, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. Service date 03/04/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 03/04/2026 02:13 PM]
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BRIEF
#28
Mar 04, 2026
CURED DEFECTIVE DOCUMENT, Brief & Appendix, at entry 27, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. [Entered: 03/04/2026 04:20 PM]
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CURED
#29
Mar 05, 2026
AMICUS BRIEF, on behalf of Amicus In Support of Petitioner-Appellant On Behalf Of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of SF Bay Area, FILED. Service date 03/04/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 03/05/2026 12:00 AM]
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AMICUS
#30
Mar 05, 2026
NEW PARTY, Amicus Curiae Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ADDED. ATTORNEY, Jordan Wells, for Amicus Curiae Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ADDED. [Entered: 03/05/2026 01:23 PM]
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NEW
#31
Mar 05, 2026
DEFECTIVE DOCUMENT, Amicus Brief on Consent, at docket entry 29, on behalf of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, FILED. [Entered: 03/05/2026 01:33 PM]
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DEFECTIVE
#32
Mar 06, 2026
CORRECTED BRIEF, on behalf of Amicus Curiae Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, FILED. Service date 03/06/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 03/06/2026 01:33 PM]
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CORRECTED
#33
Mar 06, 2026
NEW PARTY, Amicus Curiae Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights of The San Francisco Bay Area, ADDED. [Entered: 03/06/2026 03:25 PM]
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NEW
#34
Mar 06, 2026
PARTY, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, TERMINATED. [Entered: 03/06/2026 03:55 PM]
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PARTY, Lawyers'
#35
Mar 06, 2026
DEFECTIVE DOCUMENT, Corrected Brief, at docket entry 32, on behalf of Amicus Curiae Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights of The San Francisco Bay Area, FILED. [Entered: 03/06/2026 04:02 PM]
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DEFECTIVE
#36
Mar 09, 2026
AMICUS BRIEF, on behalf of Amicus In Support of Petitioner-Appellant on Behalf of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of SF Bay Area, FILED. Service date 03/09/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 03/09/2026 12:03 PM]
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AMICUS
#37
Mar 09, 2026
CURED DEFECTIVE DOCUMENT, Amicus Brief on Consent, at entry 36, on behalf of Amicus Curiae Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of SF Bay Area, FILED. [Entered: 03/09/2026 12:21 PM]
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CURED
#38
Mar 16, 2026
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS AMICUS COUNSEL, on behalf of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, FILED. Service date 03/16/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 03/16/2026 03:17 PM]
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NOTICE
#39
Apr 07, 2026
MOTION, for bail, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. Service date 04/07/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 04/07/2026 02:18 PM]
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MOTION,
#40
Apr 08, 2026
Kristi Noem, replaced by Markwayne Mullin, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Appellee, per FRAP 43(c)(2), SUBSTITUTED. [Entered: 04/08/2026 01:55 PM]
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Kristi
#41
Apr 09, 2026
Pamela Bondi, replaced by Todd Blanche, Acting United States Attorney General, Appellee, per FRAP 43(c)(2), SUBSTITUTED. [Entered: 04/09/2026 04:10 PM]
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Pamela
#42
Apr 17, 2026
OPPOSITION, to Motion for bail, at docket entry 39, on behalf of Appellee Judith Almodovar, Appellee Markwayne Mullin, Appellee Todd Blanche, FILED. Service date 04/17/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 04/17/2026 03:30 PM]
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OPPOSITION,
#43
Apr 20, 2026
SUBMITTED NOTICE, to attorneys/parties, TRANSMITTED. [Entered: 04/20/2026 04:43 PM]
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SUBMITTED
#44
Apr 21, 2026
MOTION, for Appellant's pending motion for releasebe referred to the panel deciding the related case Barbosa da Cunha v. Moniz, No. 25-31 , on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. Service date 04/21/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 04/21/2026 05:38 PM] [Edited: 04/22/2026 08:53 AM]
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MOTION,
#45
Apr 22, 2026
OPPOSITION, to Appellant's Motion for panel referral, at docket entry 44, on behalf of Appellee Judith Almodovar, Appellee Markwayne Mullin, Appellee Todd Blanche, FILED. Service date 04/22/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 04/22/2026 01:43 PM] [Edited: 04/22/2026 02:48 PM]
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OPPOSITION,
#46
Apr 23, 2026
REPLY TO OPPOSITION, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, FILED. Service date 04/23/2026 by ACMS. [Entered: 04/23/2026 11:58 AM]
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REPLY
#47
Apr 30, 2026
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL/ADDITIONAL COUNSEL, on behalf of Todd Blanche, FILED. [Entered: 04/30/2026 03:36 PM]
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NOTICE
#48
Apr 30, 2026
ATTORNEY, Imran Raza Zaidi, in place of attorney Craig Alan Newell, SUBSTITUTED. [Entered: 04/30/2026 03:42 PM]
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ATTORNEY,
#49
May 06, 2026
MOTION ORDER, granting motion for bail at docket entry 39, denying motion for Appellant's pending motion for release be referred to the panel deciding the related case Barbosa da Cunha v. Moniz at docket entry 44, on behalf of Appellant Xiaoquan Chen, by GEL, JFB, SJM, FILED. [Entered: 05/06/2026 10:41 AM]
#50
May 06, 2026
CERTIFIED ORDER, dated 05/06/2026, to SDNY (NEW YORK CITY), ISSUED. [Entered: 05/06/2026 10:48 AM]
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CERTIFIED
#51
May 06, 2026
CAPTION, pursuant to order dated 05/06/2026, AMENDED. [Entered: 05/06/2026 10:55 AM]
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CAPTION,
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