Eastern District of California • 1:26-cv-01945

#1

Mar 11, 2026

PETITION for WRIT of HABEAS CORPUS against U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary by ZAHIR SHAH KHAN ATAL. (Filing fee $ 5, receipt number ACAEDC-13019251) (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Ashraf, Shahzada) (Entered: 03/11/2026)

#2

Mar 11, 2026

PRISONER NEW CASE DOCUMENTS and ORDER RE CONSENT ISSUED. Consent or Decline due by 4/13/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Litigant Letter) (Deputy Clerk MCF) (Entered: 03/11/2026)

#3

Mar 11, 2026

CONSENT/DECLINE of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1), this document is restricted to attorneys and court staff only. Judges do not have access to view this document and will be informed of a party's response only if all parties have consented to the referral. (Anonymous) (Entered: 03/11/2026)

#4

Mar 11, 2026

CONSENT/DECLINE of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1), this document is restricted to attorneys and court staff only. Judges do not have access to view this document and will be informed of a party's response only if all parties have consented to the referral. (Anonymous) (Entered: 03/11/2026)

#5

Mar 13, 2026

Minute Order AND ~Util - 1 Set/Reset Deadlines and Hearings

#6

Mar 20, 2026

Dismiss

#7

Mar 20, 2026

Answer to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

#9

Mar 22, 2026

Opposition to Motion

#11

Apr 13, 2026

FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Sean C. Riordan on 4/10/2026 RECOMMENDING that Petitioner Zahir Shah Khan Atal's (A# 221-177-626) application for a writ of habeas corpus be granted on count one; that Respondents be order ed to immediately release petitioner from respondents' custody with the same conditions they were subject to immediately prior to detention on 12/21/2025; that Respondents be enjoined and restrained from re-detaining petitioner without providing petitioner notice and a pre-detention hearing before an immigration judge where respondents will have the burden to demonstrate a change in circumstances by clear and convincing evidence; that any order adopting these findings and recommendations in clude language that respondents are not enjoined and restrained from detaining Petitioner in the event that the immigration court issues a final order of removal and the Petitioner receives notice of said order; that 6 Motion to Dismiss be granted to the extent that all respondents other than petitioner's immediate custodian are deemed stricken; and that the Clerk of the Court be directed to serve the California City Corrections Center with a copy of any order adopting these findings and recommendations and to enter judgment in favor of petitioner and close the case. Referred to District Judge Dale A. Drozd. Objections due within 7 days after being served with these findings and recommendations. (Deputy Clerk HAH)

#12

Apr 24, 2026

ORDER signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 4/23/2026 ADOPTING 11 Findings and Recommendations in full, DENYING 6 Motion to Dismiss, DIRECTING the Clerk of the Court to update the docket to substitute Todd Blanche for the former United Stat es Attorney General Pamela Bondi, and GRANTING 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus as follows: Respondents are ORDERED to immediately release Zahir Shah Khan Atal 221-177-626 from respondents' custody under the same conditions he was subject to prior to his re-detention. Respondents are ENJOINED and RESTRAINED from re-detaining petitioner for any purpose, absent exigent circumstances, unless they provide petitioner with written notice and a pre-deprivation a bond hearing before an immigration judge. CASE CLOSED. (cc ICE California City) (Deputy Clerk OML)

#13

Apr 24, 2026

Judgment