Middle District of Florida • 2:26-cv-01369

#1

Apr 27, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus - Federal (Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AFLMDC-24853304) filed by DANIEL FERNANDO SANCHEZ-SEQUERA. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit A. OSUP, # 3 Exhibit B. IJ Order Granting CAT, # 4 Exhibit C. ICE OSUP Meetings, # 5 Exhibit D. Consular Report of Birth Abroad)(Caminero, Joel) (Entered: 04/27/2026)

#2

Apr 28, 2026

NEW CASE ASSIGNED to Judge Sheri Polster Chappell and Magistrate Judge Douglas N. Frazier. New case number: 2:26-cv-1369-SPC-DNF. (LMF) (Entered: 04/28/2026)

Apr 28, 2026

Case Assigned/Reassigned

#3

Apr 29, 2026

Order to Respond to Habeas Petition

#4

May 03, 2026

Temporary Restraining Order

#5

May 04, 2026

Notice of appearance

#6

May 05, 2026

MOTION to Dismiss Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by Matthew Mordant. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B)(Meros, Nicholas) (Entered: 05/05/2026)

#7

May 06, 2026

ENDORSED ORDER denying Respondent Warden Matthew Mordant'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 5/6/2026. (SAP) (Entered: 05/06/2026)

#8

May 06, 2026

Response to habeas petition

May 06, 2026

Order on Motion to Dismiss

#9

May 07, 2026

Expedite

#10

May 08, 2026

ENDORSED ORDER denying the petitioner's Emergency Motion to Expedite Proceedings (Doc. 9). Based on the Court's preliminary review of the pleadings, the respondent's exhibits filed as Docs. [8-2], [8-7], and [8-8] appear to undermine the factual basis of the petitioner's claims. "The allegations of a return to the writ of habeas corpus...if not traversed, shall be accepted as true except to the extent that the judge finds from the evidence that they are not true." 28 U.S.C. § 2248. Based on the filings currently before the Court, the petition looks unlikely to succeed, but the Court will reserve judgment until the petitioner files a reply or the deadline to do so has passed. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 5/8/2026. (NMC) (Entered: 05/08/2026)

May 08, 2026

Order on Motion to Expedite

#11

May 10, 2026

REPLY re 8 Response to habeas petition by Daniel Fernando Sanchez-Sequera. (Caminero, Joel) (Entered: 05/10/2026)

#12

May 12, 2026

Opinion and order

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May 13, 2026

Judgment