Western District of Texas • 6:26-cv-00127

#1

Feb 12, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filing fee $ 5, receipt number ANYEDC-19908635, filed by Rui Ji Zheng. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Proposed Order, # 3 Affidavit in Support, # 4 Exhibit, # 5 Proposed Summons, # 6 Proposed Summons, # 7 Proposed Summons, # 8 Proposed Summons) (Bastawros, Janet) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.] (Entered: 02/12/2026)

#2

Feb 13, 2026

Civil Cover Sheet.. by Rui Ji Zheng (Bastawros, Janet) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.] (Entered: 02/13/2026)

#3

Feb 13, 2026

This attorney case opening filing has been checked for quality control. See the attachment for corrections that were made, if any. (CV) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.] (Entered: 02/13/2026)

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Feb 13, 2026

Proposed Summons. by Rui Ji Zheng (Bastawros, Janet) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.] (Entered: 02/13/2026)

Feb 13, 2026

Notice: Re: Incomplete Second Page of the Civil Cover Sheet. The Clerk's Office cannot assign this case without a completed Civil Cover Sheet. Please answer Certification of Arbitration Eligibility, Disclosure Statement Federal Rule, and New York E Division of Business Rule then resubmit corrected Civil Cover Sheet. This event can be found under the event Other Documents - Proposed Summons/Civil Cover Sheet. (CV) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.]

Feb 13, 2026

Your proposed summons was not issued for one of the following reasons: If multiple defendants, there must me a rider attached to the summons with the name and addresses of all defendants included., Please correct and resubmit using Proposed Summons/Civil Cover Sheet. (CV) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.]

Feb 13, 2026

Case Assigned to Judge Eric N. Vitaliano. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned Judges, located on our website. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. (CV) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.]

Feb 17, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. Petitioner is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE by 2/20/2026 why this case should not be transferred to the Western District of Texas. See Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 443 (2004) ("[V]enue is proper only in a single district: the district of confinement."); see also Ozturk v. Hyde, 136 F.4th 382, 387 (2d Cir. 2025) (Where petitioner was detained by ICE in Massachusetts and transferred to Vermont, the "District of Vermont [was] likely the proper venue to adjudicate [the] habeas petition because, at the time [it was] filed, [petitioner] was physically in Vermont"). Ordered by Judge Brian M. Cogan on 2/17/2026. (PW) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.]

Feb 17, 2026

ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Judge Brian M. Cogan for all further proceedings. Judge Eric N. Vitaliano no longer assigned to case Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned Judges, located on our website. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such.Ordered by Chief Judge Margo K. Brodie on 2/17/2026. (CV) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.]

Feb 26, 2026

Order

Feb 26, 2026

Case Transferred In - District Transfer

Feb 26, 2026

Case transferred to District of Western District of Texas. Original file, certified copy of transfer order, and docket sheet sent. ALL FILINGS ARE TO BE MADE IN THE TRANSFER COURT, DO NOT DOCKET TO THIS CASE. ( Ordered by Judge Brian M. Cogan on 2/26/2026 ) (RG) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.]

Feb 26, 2026

ORDER. This petition was filed when petitioner was confined in the Western District of Texas. The Court's 2/17/2026 Order directed petitioner to show cause why this case should not be transferred to that district, because for habeas petitions, "venue is proper only in a single district: the district of confinement." See Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 443 (2004); see also Ozturk v. Hyde, 136 F.4th 382, 387 (2d Cir. 2025) (Where petitioner was detained by ICE in Massachusetts and transferred to Vermont, the "District of Vermont [was] likely the proper venue to adjudicate [the] habeas petition because, at the time [it was] filed, [petitioner] was physically in Vermont"); Griffin v. Ebbert, 751 F.3d 288, 290 (5th Cir. 2014) ("Jurisdiction attached on [the] initial filing for habeas corpus relief") (citing Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. at 434-35). Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that this case is transferred to the Western District of Texas. Ordered by Judge Brian M. Cogan on 2/26/2026. (PW) [Transferred from New York Eastern on 2/27/2026.]

#5

Feb 27, 2026

Case electronically transferred in from the Eastern District of New York-Brooklyn Division; Case Number 1:26-cv-00842. (Entered: 02/27/2026)

#6

Feb 27, 2026

Pro Hac Vice Letter mailed to Janet Bastawros. (nnw) (Entered: 02/27/2026)

#7

Feb 27, 2026

Case Opening Letter as to Rui Ji Zheng. Mailed to LCDC along with PHV letter that was sent to Atty representing). (nnw) (Entered: 02/27/2026)

Feb 27, 2026

Case assigned to Judge Alan D Albright and referred to Judge Dan N. MacLemore. CM WILL NOW REFLECT THE JUDGE INITIALS AS PART OF THE CASE NUMBER. PLEASE APPEND THESE JUDGE INITIALS TO THE CASE NUMBER ON EACH DOCUMENT THAT YOU FILE IN THIS CASE., CASE REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Alan D Albright and Judge Dan N. MacLemore. (nnw)

Feb 27, 2026

Case Assigned/Reassigned AND Case Referred to Magistrate Judge

#8

Mar 11, 2026

Appear Pro Hac Vice

#9

Mar 11, 2026

Pro Hac Vice Fee Paid