Middle District of Florida • 2:26-cv-00647

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Mar 03, 2026

APPLICATION/PETITION (Complaint) for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241. Filing fee $ 5.00 (not paid/ IFP Motion not filed), filed by Julio Aleman Diaz.Case restricted pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2. (kma) [Transferred from flsd on 3/6/2026.] (Entered: 03/03/2026)

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Mar 03, 2026

Judge Assignment to Judge Jacqueline Becerra (kma) [Transferred from flsd on 3/6/2026.] (Entered: 03/03/2026)

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Mar 03, 2026

MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction 1 Application/Petition (Complaint) for Writ of Habeas Corpus, MOTION to Change Venue by Florida Soft Side South, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Attorney Carlos Javier Raurell added to party Florida Soft Side South(pty:dft), Attorney Carlos Javier Raurell added to party Immigration and Customs Enforcement(pty:dft). Responses due by 3/17/2026. (Raurell, Carlos) [Transferred from flsd on 3/6/2026.] (Entered: 03/03/2026)

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Mar 05, 2026

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE Closing Case. Motions terminated: 3 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction 1 Application/Petition (Complaint) for Writ of Habeas Corpus MOTION to Change Venue filed by Florida Soft Side South, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Signed by Judge Jacqueline Becerra on 3/5/2026. See attached document for full details. (pc) [Transferred from flsd on 3/6/2026.] (Entered: 03/06/2026)

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Mar 06, 2026

Case transferred in from District of Florida Southern; Case Number 1:26-cv-21400. File received electronically (Entered: 03/06/2026)

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Mar 06, 2026

Case TRANSFERRED from the Southern District of Florida. Case assigned to District Judge Chappell and Magistrate Judge Frazier. New Case Number: 2:26-cv-647-SPC-DNF. (JNB) (Entered: 03/06/2026)

Mar 06, 2026

District Transfer In

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Mar 09, 2026

Order to Respond to Habeas Petition

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Mar 16, 2026

Notice of appearance

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Mar 16, 2026

Dismiss

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Mar 16, 2026

Response to habeas petition

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Mar 19, 2026

ENDORSED ORDER denying Respondent Florida Soft Side South's Moton to Dismiss Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. (Doc. 9). "The federal habeas statute straightforwardly provides that the proper respondent to a habeas petition is the person who has custody over the petitioner." Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 434 (2004) (cleaned up). While courts have recognized that immigration detainees in state-run facilities can bring habeas claims against certain federal officials, see, e.g., Masingene v. Martin, 424 F. Supp. 3d 1298, 1301 (S.D. Fla. 2020), the immediate custodian is also a proper respondent. As the immediate custodian of the petitioner, the Warden is a proper respondent to his habeas petition. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 3/19/2026. (SAP) (Entered: 03/19/2026)

Mar 19, 2026

Order on Motion to Dismiss

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Mar 20, 2026

Opinion and order

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Mar 23, 2026

Judgment - Prisoner