Middle District of Florida • 2:26-cv-00695

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Mar 12, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus - Federal (Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AFLMDC-24600156) filed by Carlos Jorge Barrios Espinosa. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Appendix List of Exhibits, # 3 Exhibit Old Cuban Passport, # 4 Exhibit Notice to Appear, # 5 Exhibit Removal Order, # 6 Exhibit BIA Briefing Schedule, # 7 Exhibit EOIR Automated Case Information, # 8 Exhibit NJ Court Access Report of PCR Filing, # 9 Exhibit ICE Detainee Transfer Notifications, # 10 Exhibit ICE Detainee Locator, # 11 Exhibit Email Correspondence with ICE/ERO Miami)(Lopez, Juliana) Modified text on 3/12/2026 (TDC). (Entered: 03/12/2026)

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Mar 12, 2026

NOTICE of Lead Counsel Designation by Juliana Margarite Lopez on behalf of Carlos Jorge Barrios Espinosa. Lead Counsel: Juliana M. Lopez. (Lopez, Juliana) (Entered: 03/12/2026)

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Mar 12, 2026

NEW CASE ASSIGNED to Judge Sheri Polster Chappell and Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell. New case number: 2:26-cv-695-SPC-NPM. (ARL) (Entered: 03/12/2026)

Mar 12, 2026

Case Assigned/Reassigned

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Mar 16, 2026

Order to Respond to Habeas Petition

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Mar 23, 2026

Response to habeas petition

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Mar 23, 2026

Notice of appearance

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Mar 23, 2026

Dismiss

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Mar 24, 2026

ENDORSED ORDER denying Respondent Warden of Florida Soft Side South's Motion to Dismiss Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 7). "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 3/24/2026. (SAP) (Entered: 03/24/2026)

Mar 24, 2026

Order on Motion to Dismiss

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Mar 26, 2026

Reply to response to petition

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Mar 27, 2026

Opinion and order

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Mar 30, 2026

Judgment - Prisoner

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Mar 31, 2026

Proof of Service