Western District of Kentucky • 4:26-cv-00278

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Apr 20, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Xiuhua Lin. ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number Check # 3338.) (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C) (HMC) (Entered: 04/20/2026)

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Apr 20, 2026

Case Assignment (Random Selection): Case Assigned to Judge Greg N. Stivers. (HMC) (Entered: 04/20/2026)

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Apr 20, 2026

MOTION for Jed S. Wasserman to Appear Pro Hac Vice filed by Petitioner Xiuhua Lin. (Filing fee $ 150 Check # 3332) (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order) (HMC) (Entered: 04/20/2026)

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Apr 20, 2026

TEXT ORDER by Judge Greg N. Stivers on 4/20/2026. Due to the time sensitive nature of this action, and pursuant to LR 40.1(b), the Court finds it is in the interest of justice to reassign it to Judge Claria Horn Boom for all further proceedings. This Notice of Electronic Filing is the Official ORDER for this entry. No document is attached.cc: Counsel of Record (TJD) (Entered: 04/20/2026)

Apr 20, 2026

Remark (Public)

Apr 20, 2026

Order - TEXT ONLY AND Order Reassigning Case

Apr 20, 2026

REMARK: Electronic notification of the petition and any subsequent order constitutes valid service on all federal respondents named therein as of the date of this remark pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, which the Court is applying to these cases. (HMC)

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Apr 21, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Calesia Henson on behalf of Todd Blanche, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Markwayne Mullin, Samuel Olson (Henson, Calesia) (Entered: 04/21/2026)

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Apr 21, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE by Judge Claria Horn Boom on 4/20/26: The Clerk of Court SHALL serve by certified mail, return receipt requested, one copy of the Petition, [R. 1 ], and this Order to each Respondent not subject to that certain Memorandum of Understanding dated 1/20/2026, entered into by the Court and the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of Kentucky. Respondents SHALL SHOW CAUSE why the Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, [R. 1 ], should not be granted, by no later than Thursday, 4/23/2026. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243; Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a). Petitioner SHALL file her reply by no later than Monday, 4/27/2026. A Hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, 4/28/2026 at 4:30 PM, before the Honorable Claria Horn Boom, United States District Judge. The hearing will be held via Zoom. Counsel SHALL contact the Court's case manager, John Slone, at john_slone@kywd.uscourts.gov to arrange to appear on Zoom. Petitioner must notify the Court on or before Thursday, 4/23/2026, if an interpreter is necessary for the hearing. Petitioner MAY appear by Zoom if the option is available with the Grayson County Detention Center, and so long as Petitioner's appearance is not required as set forth in the following paragraph. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243. If the Petitioner asserts that there are issues of fact necessary to be addressed in the hearing, then they SHALL inform the Respondents and provide notice to the Court by 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Monday, 4/27/2026, and the Respondent SHALL produce the body of the person detained at the hearing. Should the parties agree to forgo a hearing and proceed on their briefs, they may file a joint motion no later than Thursday, 4/23/2026 advising the Court of that request and proposing an agreed upon briefing schedule. cc: Counsel, Respondents as directed, US Atty as directed (DJT) (Entered: 04/21/2026)

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Apr 21, 2026

NOTICE of Certified Mailing re 6 Order to Show Cause. (DJT) (Entered: 04/21/2026)

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Apr 23, 2026

Notice (Other)

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Apr 23, 2026

Remand

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Apr 23, 2026

Response to Order to Show Cause

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Apr 24, 2026

Order on Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice

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Apr 24, 2026

Order AND ~Util - Terminate Motions

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Apr 27, 2026

Reply

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Apr 29, 2026

Certificate of Service

Apr 30, 2026

Filing Fee Received

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May 11, 2026

Memorandum Opinion

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May 15, 2026

Status Report

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May 18, 2026

Letter

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May 21, 2026

Order

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May 21, 2026

Judgment