Southern District of Ohio • 1:25-cv-00822
Gonzalez Cortez v. Field Office Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, Detroit Field Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Case Information
Filed: November 12, 2025
Assigned to:
Matthew Walden McFarland
Referred to:
Caroline H. Gentry
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause:
8:1105(a) Aliens: Habeas Corpus to Release INS Det
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Last Activity:
December 12, 2025
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Docket Entries
#1
Nov 12, 2025
PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AOHSDC-10760822.), filed by Manuel Gonzalez Cortez. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet civil cover sheet, # 2 Exhibit passport, # 3 Exhibit notice to appear, # 4 Exhibit physical presence documents, # 5 Exhibit wife's residency card, # 6 Exhibit marriage abstract, # 7 Exhibit USCIS filing receipt, # 8 Exhibit son's redacted BC, # 9 Exhibit wife's affidavit, # 10 Exhibit employer letter, # 11 Exhibit support letters) (Bittner, Amy) (Entered: 11/12/2025)
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Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
#2
Nov 12, 2025
Request for Issuance of Summons
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Request for Issuance of Summons
#3
Nov 12, 2025
REQUEST for Issuance of Summons. Richard Jones (Bittner, Amy) (Entered: 11/12/2025)
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Request for Issuance of Summons
#4
Nov 12, 2025
REQUEST for Issuance of Summons. Robert Lynch (Bittner, Amy) (Entered: 11/12/2025)
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Request for Issuance of Summons
#5
Nov 12, 2025
REQUEST for Issuance of Summons. Todd Lyons (Bittner, Amy) (Entered: 11/12/2025)
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Request for Issuance of Summons
#6
Nov 12, 2025
REQUEST for Issuance of Summons. Kristi Noem (Bittner, Amy) (Entered: 11/12/2025)
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Request for Issuance of Summons
#7
Nov 12, 2025
Summons Issued as to Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Attorney General of the United States, Field Office Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, Detroit Field Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Warden, Butler County Jail (kev) (Entered: 11/12/2025)
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Summons Issued as to USA
Nov 12, 2025
Judge Matthew W. McFarland and Magistrate Judge Caroline H. Gentry added. (jcw)
Nov 12, 2025
Add and Terminate Judges
#8
Nov 17, 2025
Notice of Appearance
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Notice of Appearance
#9
Nov 18, 2025
Notice of Appearance
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Notice of Appearance
#10
Nov 18, 2025
Order AND ~Util - Set Deadlines
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Order AND ~Util - Set Deadlines
#11
Nov 20, 2025
Notice of Appearance
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Notice of Appearance
#12
Nov 26, 2025
Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
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Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
#13
Dec 02, 2025
Proposed Pretrial Order
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Proposed Pretrial Order
#14
Dec 08, 2025
Return of Writ (Answer)
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Return of Writ (Answer)
#15
Dec 09, 2025
Notice of Non-Compliance of Local Rule 5.1(c) (Clerk's Notice)
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Notice of Non-Compliance of Local Rule 5.1(c) (Clerk's Notice)
#16
Dec 09, 2025
Return of Writ (Answer)
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Return of Writ (Answer)
#17
Dec 10, 2025
Order AND Set Motion and R&R Deadlines/Hearings
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Order AND Set Motion and R&R Deadlines/Hearings
#18
Dec 12, 2025
Reply to Respondent's Answer (Traverse)
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Reply to Respondent's Answer (Traverse)
Parties
Field Office Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, Detroit Field Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Party
Gonzalez Cortez
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