Northern District of Illinois • 1:25-cv-13121

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Oct 28, 2025

PETITION for writ of habeas corpus filed by Eladio Monterde Munoz against Pamela Bondi, Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Samuel Olson, Field Office Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, Chicago Field Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Rodney S Scott, Kristi Noem Filing fee $ 5, receipt number AILNDC-24261046. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Dixler, Kevin) (Entered: 10/28/2025)

#2

Oct 28, 2025

OPINION and ORDER: Eladio Monterde Munoz has filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition challenging his present detention in ICE custody. Respondents are ordered to respond to the habeas corpus petition by November 6, 2025. Munoz shall rep ly by November 13, 2025. The court notes that habeas corpus relief has been recently granted for immigration detainees by other judges of the Northern District of Illinois in Ochoa Ochoa v. Noem, No. 25 C 10865, 2025 WL 2938779 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 16, 20 25) (Jenkins, J.), H.G.V.U. v. Smith, No. 25 C 10931, 2025 WL 2962610 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 20, 2020) (Coleman, J.), Mariano Miguel v. Noem, No. 25 C 11137, 2025 WL 2976480 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 21, 2025) (Alonso, J.), and G.Z.T. v. Smith, No. 25 C 12802 (N.D. I ll. Oct. 21, 2025) (Ellis, J.). The court shall leave it to the parties to consider the relevance of these recent decisions, if any, to the instant case. In addition, respondents shall make a preliminary filing by October 30, 2025, stating: (1) wheth er Munoz was located in the Northern District of Illinois at the time this case was filed; (2) the current status of Munoz's immigration proceedings; (3) Munoz's current location and proper respondents based on that location; and (4) the go vernment's view as to whether the recent decision in Castaon Nava v. DHS, No. 18 C 3757 (N.D. Ill) (Dkt. 214) (addressing a consent decree) has any effect on Munoz's habeas corpus case. Pursuant to the court's authority under the All W rits Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, the government is ordered not to remove Munoz from the jurisdiction of the United States and not to transfer him to any federal judicial district other than those in the States of Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin. A.A. R.P. v. Trump, 605 U.S. 91, 97 (2025) (per curiam) (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a)) ("[T]he Government represented on the record in federal court that it reserved the right to remove detainees after midnight. We had the power to issue injunctiv e relief to prevent irreparable harm to the applicants and to preserve our jurisdiction over the matter."); United States v. United Mine Workers of Am., 330 U.S. 258, 293 (1947) ("The District Court had the power to preserve existing condit ions while it was determining its own authority to grant injunctive relief.") If Munoz is already, as of the posting of this order, located outside of Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin but within the United States, or is in the midst of transporta tion outside of those states to another state, then this bar on transfer does not require the immediate return of Munoz as long as respondents intend to hold Munoz within the United States. Instead, the parties and the court will address the issue af ter the respondents make the preliminary filing. The clerk shall email a copy of this order to Tom Walsh, Chief of the Civil Division, United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois; Craig Oswald, AUSA, United States Attorney 9;s Office, Northern District of Illinois; and Joshua Press, AUSA, United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois. This case is set for an in-person status hearing on November 5, 2025 at 9:30 a.m., in Courtroom 2201. Signed by the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow on 10/28/2025. Mailed notice (ags)

#3

Oct 28, 2025

DESIGNATION of Craig Arthur Oswald as U.S. Attorney for Respondents Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Samuel Olson, Field Office Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, Chicago Field Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Rodney S Scott (Oswald, Craig) (Entered: 10/28/2025)

Oct 28, 2025

CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeffrey T. Gilbert. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). (nh, )

Oct 28, 2025

CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached Consent To form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. (nh, )

#4

Oct 29, 2025

Order

#31

Nov 14, 2025

Order on Motion for Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus AND ~Util - Set Deadlines AND ~Util - Terminate Motions