Southern District of California • 3:26-cv-02797
Ramos Villanueva v. LaRose
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Case Information
Filed: May 01, 2026
Assigned to:
Cathy Ann Bencivengo
Referred to:
Valerie E. Torres
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause:
28:2241fd Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federal)
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Last Activity:
May 08, 2026
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Docket Entries
#1
May 01, 2026
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus against Christopher J. LaRose, Todd Lyons ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number 169083.), filed by Luis Antonio Ramos Villanueva. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit 1 - 2 Petitioner's Birth & Marriage Certificate with Translation, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Petitioner's Undergraduate Degree with Translation, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Letter Verifying Petitioner's Masters Degree, Including Translation, # 5 Exhibit 4 - Letter Verifying Petitioner's Academic Degrees, Including Translation, # 6 Exhibit 6-8 Petitioner's Passports, # 7 Exhibit 9 - Bond Memorandum Immigration Judge, # 8 Exhibit Order of the Immigration Judge, # 9 Exhibit 11 - Record of Deportable / Inadmissible Alien, # 10 Exhibit 12 - Copy of CLINIC Precedent or Policy?, # 11 Exhibit Evidence of No Criminal Convictions, # 12 Exhibit 14 - Certification of No Criminal Convictions from Mexico, # 13 Exhibit 15 - Letter from Private Attorney in Mexico, # 14 Exhibit 16 - Letter from Romy T. Ward, LMFT Psychiatrist from Otay Mesa Detention Center, # 15 Exhibit 17 - Mental Health Records, # 16 Exhibit 18 - Medical Record of the Petitioner When He Became Ill with Influenza TypeA, # 17 Exhibit 19 - Food menu in Otay Mesa Detention Center, # 18 Exhibit 20 - Evidence of Financial Sponsor for Bond, # 19 Exhibit 21 - Filing Receipt for Appeal or Motion, # 20 Exhibit 22 - Sponsorship from "Casa Marianella", # 21 Exhibit 23 - Copy of POLITICO Hundreds of judges reject trump's mandatory detention policy)The new case number is 3:26-cv-2797-JO-VET. Judge Jinsook Ohta and Magistrate Judge Valerie E. Torres are assigned to the case. Docket mailed to petitioner(tac) (sjt). (Main Document 1 replaced on 5/7/2026) (tac). (Additional attachment(s) added on 5/7/2026: # 22 Exhibit Table of Exhibits, # 23 Receipt, # 24 Envelope) (tac). (Entered: 05/06/2026)
Main Document:
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
#2
May 07, 2026
Minute Order by Judge Jinsook Ohta: The Court adopts with the following modification the Standard Procedures for Immigration Habeas Petitions from Chief Judge Order No. 144, available on the court's website: Any optional reply will be due 3 days after the government's opposition. Further, the Court sets a hearing on the Petition for May 28, 2026 at 9:30 AM in Courtroom 4C. All parties may appear by videoconference for the hearing. The courtroom deputy will provide the videoconference information ahead of the hearing, which will proceed unless the Court issues a written decision on the merits ahead of the hearing date. Parties are directed to check the docket at 5:00 PM the day before the hearing. Signed by Judge Jinsook Ohta on 05/07/2026. (rh) (Entered: 05/07/2026)
#3
May 07, 2026
NOTICE OF RELATED CASE(S) by Christopher J. LaRose, Todd Lyons of case(s) No. 25-cv-3679-CAB-SBC . (Dimbleby, Erin) (anh). (Entered: 05/07/2026)
Main Document:
Notice of Related Case
#4
May 07, 2026
MINUTE ORDER OF TRANSFER. Judge Jinsook Ohta is no longer assigned. Case reassigned to Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo for all further proceedings. Pending hearings previously set before the original Judge have been vacated. The new case number is 26-cv-02797-CAB-VET.(All non-registered users served via U.S. Mail Service)(no document attached) (anh) (Entered: 05/07/2026)
May 07, 2026
Order of Judge Transfer
May 07, 2026
Minute Order (No Time) AND ~Util - Set Motion and R&R Deadlines/Hearings
#5
May 08, 2026
NOTICE of Appearance and Substitution of Counsel by Antonio Estrada on behalf of Christopher J. LaRose, Todd Lyons (Estrada, Antonio)Attorney Antonio Estrada added to party Christopher J. LaRose(pty:res), Attorney Antonio Estrada added to party Todd Lyons(pty:res) (anh). (Entered: 05/08/2026)
Main Document:
Notice of Appearance
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