Middle District of Florida • 2:26-cv-01054
DOS SANTOS MIRANDA JUNIOR v. Field Office Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, Miami Field Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Filed: April 06, 2026
Assigned to:
Sheri Polster Chappell
Referred to:
Douglas N. Frazier
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause:
28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)
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May 14, 2026
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Docket Entries
#1
Apr 06, 2026
PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus - Federal (Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AFLMDC-24729234) filed by Mozart Dos Santos Miranda Junior. Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit ICE Inmate Locator, # 3 Exhibit Valid Driver's License)(Aliferis, Themistoklis) Modified on 4/7/2026 to edit the docket text (MLB). (Entered: 04/06/2026)
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Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
#2
Apr 06, 2026
NOTICE of Lead Counsel Designation by Themistoklis Elijah Aliferis on behalf of Mozart Dos Santos Miranda Junior. Lead Counsel: Themistoklis E. Aliferis. (Aliferis, Themistoklis) Modified on 4/7/2026 to edit the docket text (MLB). (Entered: 04/06/2026)
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Notice of Lead Counsel Designation
#3
Apr 07, 2026
NEW CASE ASSIGNED to Judge Sheri Polster Chappell and Magistrate Judge Douglas N. Frazier. New case number: 2:26-cv-1054-SPC-DNF. (RLD) (Entered: 04/07/2026)
Apr 07, 2026
Case Assigned/Reassigned
#4
Apr 08, 2026
Order to Respond to Habeas Petition
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Order to Respond to Habeas Petition
#5
Apr 15, 2026
Notice of appearance
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Notice of appearance
#6
Apr 15, 2026
Dismiss
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Dismiss
#7
Apr 15, 2026
ENDORSED ORDER denying Respondent Warden of Florida Soft Side South's Motion to Dismiss Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 6). "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 4/15/2026. (SAP) (Entered: 04/15/2026)
#8
Apr 15, 2026
Response to habeas petition
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Response to habeas petition
Apr 15, 2026
Order on Motion to Dismiss
#9
Apr 16, 2026
Reply to response to petition
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Reply to response to petition
#11
Apr 21, 2026
Judgment - Prisoner
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Judgment - Prisoner
#12
May 14, 2026
Proof of Service
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Proof of Service
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