District of New Jersey • 2:26-cv-03297

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Mar 27, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number ANJDC-17248793.), filed by ERIC JAVIER RAMIREZ CASTILLO. (Attachments: # 1 Order to Show Cause, # 2 Proposed Habeas Order, # 3 Certificate of Service Certificate of Service, # 4 Civil Cover Sheet JS 44 Civil Cover Sheet, # 5 Exhibit Exhibit A - Detainee Locator, # 6 Exhibit Exhibit B - ACIS, # 7 Exhibit Exhibit C - Maldonado Final Judgment)(PEREZ, JOHN) (Entered: 03/27/2026)

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Mar 27, 2026

MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by ERIC JAVIER RAMIREZ CASTILLO. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order)(PEREZ, JOHN) (Entered: 03/27/2026)

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Mar 27, 2026

TEXT ORDER. Respondents are hereby enjoined from transferring Petitioner from New Jersey pending further Order of the Court. So Ordered by Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb on 3/27/2026. (jr) (Entered: 03/27/2026)

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Mar 27, 2026

TEXT ORDER : This matter is before the Court on the Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (D.E. No. 1 ("Petition" or "Pet.")). Petitioner also seeks an order to show cause ("OTSC") (D.E. No. 1 -1), and he moves for a temporary restraining order ("TRO") enjoining Respondents from transferring Petitioner outside the District of New Jersey while his Petition is pending (D.E. No. 2 ("Motion for TRO")). Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb entered a Text Order enjoining Respondents from transferring Petitioner from New Jersey pending further Order of the Court. (D.E. No. 2 ). Pursuant to the All Writs Act, see 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), Respondents SHALL NOT TRANSFER Petitioner from the District of New Jersey, and SHALL NOT REMOVE Petitioner from the United States, pending further order of this Court. The request for an OTSC and Motion for TRO are DENIED as moot, and the Clerk of Court shall TERMINATE the Motion pending at D.E. No. 2. According to Petitioner, Respondents are detaining Petitioner under the mandatory detention provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b), pursuant to a July 2025 detention policy and the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals in Matter of Yajure Hurtado, 29 I. & N. Dec. 216 (BIA 2025). (Pet. Paras 29, 31). Under this Court's recent decision in Diaz Rudecindo v. Florentino, No. 25-16942, 2025 WL 3470299 (D.N.J. Dec. 3, 2025), the Court holds that Petitioner is subject to detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), which requires an opportunity to seek bond, id. at *2-4. Specifically, it appears that, inter alia: (i) upon information and belief, on or about 2008, Petitioner arrived in the United States, at or near Arizona, without inspection; (ii) Petitioner has continuously resided in the United States since his entry, and he has a U.S. citizen spouse and three U.S. citizen children; (iii) Petitioner does not have any felony convictions or convictions for crimes involving violence, firearms, drugs, or moral turpitude; and (iv) on March 24, 2026, in the interior of the United States, Petitioner was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers while exiting a Home Depot in Trenton, New Jersey. (Pet. Paras. 21-27). Based on these alleged facts, Diaz Rudecindo controls this present matter. Diaz Rudecindo, 2025 WL 3470299, at *4. In accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), within ten (10) days of the date of entry of this Text Order, Respondents shall provide Petitioner with an individualized bond hearing before an immigration judge who shall assess whether Petitioner presents a flight risk or a danger to the community, pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 236.1(c)(8), (d)(1). Respondents shall provide Petitioner's counsel notice of the bond hearing as well as a reasonable opportunity to prepare for the hearing and to reschedule the hearing without seeking this Court's intervention. Within three (3) days of that bond hearing, Respondents shall file a written notice of the outcome of that hearing with this Court. Alternatively, if Respondents contend that Diaz Rudecindo does not control, they shall file an expedited answer within seven (7) days of the date of entry of this Text Order, and Petitioner may file a reply within five (5) days of the date of filing of Respondents' expedited answer. Finally, the Clerk of Court shall forward a copy of the Petition (D.E. No. 1), the attachments to the Petition (D.E. Nos. 1 -1 through 1 -7), the Motion for TRO (D.E. No. 2 ), the attachment to the Motion for TRO (D.E. No. 2 -1), and this Text Order to the Chief, Civil Division, United States Attorney's Office, at the following email address: USANJ-HabeasCases@usdoj.gov. So Ordered by Judge Esther Salas on 3/27/2026. (ek) (Entered: 03/27/2026)

Mar 27, 2026

Text Order

Mar 27, 2026

CLERK'S QUALITY CONTROL MESSAGE - The case you electronically filed has been processed, however, the following deficiencies were found: Party Information. No need to enter addresses when entering the parties. The Clerk's Office has made the appropriate changes. Please refer to the Attorney Case Opening Guide for processing electronically filed cases. (ps)

Mar 27, 2026

Emergent Immigration Habeas Non-transfer Order

Mar 27, 2026

QC - Attorney Case Opening

Mar 27, 2026

Case Assigned/Reassigned

Mar 27, 2026

Case assigned to Judge Esther Salas. (jr)

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Mar 30, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by BRADLEY ADAMS HARSCH on behalf of PAMELA BONDI, EOIR/ BIA, TODD LYONS, MARKWAYNE MULLIN, LUIS SOTO (HARSCH, BRADLEY) (Entered: 03/30/2026)

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Mar 30, 2026

Letter