Middle District of Pennsylvania • 3:26-cv-01207

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May 05, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing fee $5, Receipt Number 7393808), filed by Jorge Luis Pajon Rodriguez. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit A - Printout of ICE Detainee Locator, evidencing Petitioner is housed at the Clinton County Correctional Facility, # 3 Exhibit B - Printout of EOIR Case Information, showing BIA Appeal submitted by Petitioner on March 26, 2026, # 4 Exhibit C - Printout of EOIR Adjudication Statistics of All Appeals Filed, Completed, and Pending, # 5 Exhibit D - Reducing the Size of the Board of Immigration Appeals, 90 Fed. Reg. 15525, 15526 (Apr. 14, 2025), # 6 Exhibit E - Printout of Transcript of Congressional Hearing, Recalcitrant Countries: Denying Visas to Countries That Refuse to Take Back Their Deported Nationals (2015), # 7 Exhibit F - Printout of Tae D. Johnson, Acting Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Memorandum to All ICE Employees (June 4, 2021);, # 8 Exhibit G - Printout of Documents concerning Good Behavior and Early Release) (ea) (Entered: 05/05/2026)

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May 07, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE: 1. Rodriguez filed the instant petition on May 5, 2026, requesting thatRespondents Angela Hoover, Brian McShane, Markwayne Mullin, ToddBlanche, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Executive Officefor Immigration Review (together Respondents) release him fromcustody at the Clinton County Correctional Facility in McElhattan,Pennsylvania. (Doc. 1). 2. According to Rodriguez, Respondents have detained him under 8 U.S.C. §1231 for more than six months with no credible plan for removal. (Doc. 1,at 2). 3. Rodriguez avers that his continued detention past the presumptivelyreasonable six-month removal period violates § 1231 as interpreted byZadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001) and the Due Process Clause of theFifth Amendment. (Doc. 1, at 5-9). 4. Courts in the Third Circuit have found that petitioners are entitled tosupervised release when they sufficiently establish their removal is notreasonably foreseeable and their detention has exceeded the periodnecessary to secure their removal. 5. Rodriguez shall make immediate and proper service of the petition for writof habeas corpus (Doc. 1) and this Order on Respondents. 6. Respondents shall not transfer Rodriguez without further order of the Court. 7. Respondents shall file their response to Rodriguez's petition on or before THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026. 8. Rodriguez shall file his traverse on or before THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026. If he does not intend to file a traverse, counsel shall notify the Court as such, by email to judge_mehalchick@pamd.uscourts.gov with copy to all counsel of record. SEE ORDER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. Signed by Honorable Karoline Mehalchick on 5/7/2026. (kl) (Entered: 05/07/2026)