Western District of Pennsylvania • 3:26-cv-00752

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Apr 23, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing fee $5, Receipt Number 111), filed by Mamadou Mega Bah. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits, # 2 Declaration of Petitioner) (ea) (Entered: 04/23/2026)

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Apr 23, 2026

MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by Mamadou Mega Bah. (ea) (Entered: 04/23/2026)

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Apr 23, 2026

PRO SE LETTER ISSUED providing the case number and the AO 85 Notice & Consent Form. (Attachments: # 1 AO 85 Notice & Consent Form) (ea) (Entered: 04/23/2026)

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Apr 23, 2026

ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. The Clerk of Court is further directed to CLOSE this case. Signed by Honorable Robert D. Mariani on 4/23/2026. (clc) (Entered: 04/23/2026)

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Apr 23, 2026

Case transferred in from District of Pennsylvania Middle; Case Number 3:26-cv-01058. Original file certified copy of transfer order and docket sheet received. (Entered: 04/23/2026)

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Apr 23, 2026

ORDER denying 2 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. Petitioner Bah is an alien who illegally entered the United States. He is now in custody at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center. He filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, arguing, inter alia, that he is entitled to a bond hearing under 8 USC 1226, rather than subject to mandatory detention under 8 USC 1225. In the underlying immigration proceedings, Petitioner has appealed an Immigration Judges Order of Removal to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and that appeal is pending. He has filed a Motion for Temporary Restraining Order seeking: (1) an order granting immediate release or a prompt bond hearing; (2) an order directing Respondents to return Petitioners passport, Social Security card, and other personal documents confiscated from him; and (3) enjoining his transfer outside the Western District of Pennsylvania. The Court is compelled to deny all three requests. Petitioner's request for an injunction ordering immediate release or an immediate bond hearing, and to return to him specified documents, seeks the same substantive relief sought by his Petition. It is affirmative relief, rather than the maintenance of the status quo. A TRO is not an appropriate avenue for this type of relief. Rather, the Court will give prompt consideration to the merits of the Petition upon the expedited case management schedule that will issue forthwith. The Court lacks the authority to enjoin Petitioner's transfer. The place of an alien's detention is left to the discretion of the Attorney General and courts lack jurisdiction to enjoin a detainee's transfer. See Calla-Collado v. Attorney General of the US, 663 F.3d 680, 685 (3d Cir. 2011). The Court, therefore, denies the Motion for TRO. Signed by Judge W. Scott Hardy on 4/23/2026. Text-only entry; No PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (map) (Entered: 04/23/2026)

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Apr 23, 2026

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER. Signed by Judge W. Scott Hardy on 4/23/2026. (map) (Entered: 04/23/2026)

Apr 23, 2026

Order AND ~Util - Terminate Motions

Apr 23, 2026

Judge W. Scott Hardy added. (rjr)

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Jun 04, 2026

Order

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Jun 04, 2026

Judgment (Rule 58)