Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-01798

#1

Oct 17, 2025

PETITION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing Fee $5 receipt number AVAEDC-10530184), filed by Williams Robyery Guix-Mendez. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit A - ORR Verification of Release, # 3 Exhibit B - First Notice to Appear, # 4 Exhibit C - SIJS Approval Notice, # 5 Exhibit D - Second Notice to Appear, # 6 Exhibit E - Denial of Bond, # 7 Exhibit F - Order Terminating Removal Proceedings 2022, # 8 Exhibit G - Notice of Intent to Revoke, # 9 Exhibit H - Screenshot of ICE Detainee Locator)(Swanson, Reedy) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

#2

Oct 17, 2025

Motion to appear Pro Hac Vice by Deepa Bijpuria and Certification of Local Counsel Reedy C. Swanson. Filing Fee $75, receipt number AVAEDC-10531012. by Williams Robyery Guix-Mendez. (Swanson, Reedy) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

#3

Oct 17, 2025

Motion to appear Pro Hac Vice by Jennifer Reed Doran Klein Joseph and Certification of Local Counsel Reedy C. Swanson. Filing Fee $75, receipt number AVAEDC-10531038 by Williams Robyery Guix-Mendez. (Swanson, Reedy) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

#4

Oct 17, 2025

Motion to appear Pro Hac Vice by Jillean Ariel Workman and Certification of Local Counsel Reedy C. Swanson. Filing Fee $75, receipt number AVAEDC-10531056. by Williams Robyery Guix-Mendez. (Swanson, Reedy) (Entered: 10/17/2025)

#5

Oct 20, 2025

ORDER denying 2 Motion for Pro hac vice for Deepa Bijpuria (see Order for details). Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 10/20/2025. (kgall) (Entered: 10/20/2025)

#6

Oct 20, 2025

ORDER denying 3 Motion for Pro hac vice for Jennifer Reed Doran Klein Joseph (see Order for details). Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 10/20/2025. (kgall) (Entered: 10/20/2025)

#7

Oct 20, 2025

ORDER denying 4 Motion for Pro hac vice for Jillean Ariel Workman (see Order for details). Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 10/20/2025. (kgall) (Entered: 10/20/2025)

#8

Oct 20, 2025

ORDERED that petitioner IS NOT to be removed or transferred from this district for any reason without this Court's permission; and it is further ORDERED that by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 24, 2025, petitioner's counsel provide the Court with a proposed release plan, each of which must include a fixed address should the Petition be granted, and respondents SHOW CAUSE as to why the Petition should not be granted. If the Court finds that a hearing is appropriate, it will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, October 31, 2025. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 10/20/2025. (swil) (Entered: 10/20/2025)

Oct 20, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema and Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis. (triv)

#9

Oct 22, 2025

Motion to appear Pro Hac Vice by Megan Danielle Browder and Certification of Local Counsel Reedy C. Swanson Filing fee $ 75, receipt number AVAEDC-10541031. by Williams Robyery Guix-Mendez. (Swanson, Reedy) (Entered: 10/22/2025)

#10

Oct 23, 2025

ORDER granting 9 Motion for Pro hac vice. Appointed Megan D. Browder for Williams Robyery Guix-Mendez. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 10/23/2025. (kgall) (Entered: 10/23/2025)

#11

Oct 24, 2025

Redacted version of Proposed Release Plan. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Affidavit of Wendy Guix Mendez, # 2 Exhibit B - Petitioner's Residential Lease Agreement, # 3 Exhibit C - Petitioner's Two Most Recent Pay Stubs)(Swanson, Reedy) (Entered: 10/24/2025)

#12

Oct 24, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Dennis Carl Barghaan, Jr on behalf of Pamela Jo Bondi, Todd Lyons, Daren K. Margolin, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 10/24/2025)

#13

Oct 24, 2025

Response to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241),, filed by Pamela Jo Bondi, Todd Lyons, Daren K. Margolin, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 10/24/2025)

#14

Oct 27, 2025

Reply to 13 Response in Support of Petition filed by Williams Robyery Guix-Mendez. (Swanson, Reedy) (Entered: 10/27/2025)

#15

Oct 28, 2025

Unredacted Doument in re 11 Redacted Document filed by Williams Robyery Guix-Mendez. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A) (jlan) (Entered: 10/28/2025)

#16

Oct 29, 2025

ORDERED that Guix-Mendez's Petition [Dkt. No. 1] is GRANTED, and it is hereby ORDERED that Guix-Mendez be promptly released from custody, with all his personal property, pending his bond hearing before an immigration judge. Guix-Mendez must live at the fixed address identified in his Proposed Release Plan and appear at the bond hearing once the government notifies him of its date, time, and location; and it is further ORDERED that respondents provide Guix-Mendez with a standard bond hearing before an immigration judge pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within 14 days of the date of this Order; and it is further ORDERED that the federal respondents be and are ENJOINED from denying bond toGuix-Mendez on the basis that he is detained pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); and it is further ORDERED that, if Guix-Mendez is granted bond, the federal respondents be and are ENJOINED from invoking the automatic stay provision in 8 C.F.R. § 1003.19(i)(2); and it is further ORDERED that the federal respondents file a status report with this Court within three days of the bond hearing, stating whether Guix-Mendez has been granted bond, and, if his request for bond was denied, the reasons for that denial (see Order for further details). Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 10/29/2025. (swil) (Entered: 10/29/2025)

#17

Oct 29, 2025

CLERK'S JUDGMENT is hereby entered in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58 in favor of the Peititoner Williams Robyery Guix-Mendez and against the Respondents Jeffrey Crawford, Joseph Simon, Todd Lyons, Daren K. Margolin, Kristi Noem, Pamela Jo Bondi. Entered by Clerk on 10/29/2025. (swil) (Entered: 10/29/2025)

#18

Nov 12, 2025

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Jo Bondi, Todd Lyons, Daren K. Margolin, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 11/12/2025)

#19

Dec 29, 2025

NOTICE OF APPEAL as to 16 Order,,,,, 17 Clerk's Judgment, by Pamela Jo Bondi, Todd Lyons, Daren K. Margolin, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (O'Connor, Kirstin) (Entered: 12/29/2025)

#20

Dec 31, 2025

Transmission of Notice of Appeal to US Court of Appeals re 19 Notice of Appeal (All case opening forms, plus the transcript guidelines, may be obtained from the Fourth Circuit's website at www.ca4.uscourts.gov) (Sbro, ) (Entered: 12/31/2025)

#21

Jan 05, 2026

USCA Case Number 26-6007 Fourth Circuit, Case Manager T. Barton for 19 Notice of Appeal filed by Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, Daren K. Margolin, Pamela Jo Bondi, Todd Lyons. (Sbro, ) (Entered: 01/07/2026)