Middle District of Florida • 2:26-cv-01968

#1

Jun 11, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus Relief on Constitutional and other grounds - Federal (Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AFLMDC-25102187) filed by Emmanuel Roberto Medina-Ruiz. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit)(Bueno, Mariah) Modified to remove capitalization on 6/12/2026 (AM). (Entered: 06/11/2026)

#2

Jun 11, 2026

NOTICE of Lead Counsel Designation by Mariah Bueno on behalf of Emmanuel Roberto Medina-Ruiz. Lead Counsel: Mariah Bueno. (Bueno, Mariah) Modified to remove caps on 6/12/2026 (AM). (Entered: 06/11/2026)

#3

Jun 11, 2026

MOTION for Order to Show Cause by Emmanuel Roberto Medina-Ruiz. (Bueno, Mariah) Modified to remove caps on 6/12/2026 (AM). (Entered: 06/11/2026)

#4

Jun 11, 2026

MOTION for Order to Show Cause Mariah Bueno by Emmanuel Roberto Medina-Ruiz. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Bueno, Mariah) Modified to remove caps on 6/12/2026 (AM). (Entered: 06/11/2026)

#5

Jun 12, 2026

NEW CASE ASSIGNED to Judge Sheri Polster Chappell and Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell. New case number: 2:26-cv-01968-SPC-NPM. (AM) (Entered: 06/12/2026)

Jun 12, 2026

Case Assigned/Reassigned

#6

Jun 15, 2026

ORDER to respond and show cause why the petition should not be granted. The Clerk is directed to serve the petition. The Petitioner has 3 days to reply to the response to petition. Response to petition due by 6/22/2026. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 6/15/2026. (TDC) (Entered: 06/15/2026)

#7

Jun 20, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Emma Genevieve Refuveille on behalf of Warden Florida Soft-Sided Facility (Refuveille, Emma) (Entered: 06/20/2026)

#8

Jun 20, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance and Lead Counsel Designation by Nicholas John Peter Meros on behalf of Warden Florida Soft-Sided Facility (Meros, Nicholas) Modified on 6/22/2026 to edit docket text. (WLB). (Entered: 06/20/2026)

#9

Jun 22, 2026

NOTICE of a related action per Local Rule 1.07(c) by Todd Blanche, Todd Lyons, Miami Field Office Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, Miami Field Office, Markwayne Mullin. Related case(s): Yes (Brodersen, Matthew) (Entered: 06/22/2026)

#10

Jun 22, 2026

RESPONSE to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by Todd Blanche, Todd Lyons, Miami Field Office Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, Miami Field Office, Markwayne Mullin. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit I-213 Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien at 2, April 14, 2026, # 2 Exhibit Order of the Immigration Judge Dated, May 27, 2026, # 3 Exhibit Order of the Immigration Judge, Dated June 12, 2026)(Brodersen, Matthew) (Entered: 06/22/2026)

#11

Jun 22, 2026

MOTION to Dismiss Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by Warden Florida Soft-Sided Facility. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B)(Meros, Nicholas) (Entered: 06/22/2026)

#12

Jun 23, 2026

ENDORSED ORDER denying Respondent Warden of Florida Soft-Sided Facility's Motion to Dismiss Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 11). "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 6/23/2026. (SAP) (Entered: 06/23/2026)

#13

Jun 23, 2026

ENDORSED ORDER. Before the Court is Petitioner Emmanuel Roberto Medina-Ruiz's second Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1). United States District Judge Kyle C. Dudek granted Medina-Ruiz's first petition and is thus familiar with the factual and procedural background of this case. Per Middle District of Florida Local Rule 1.07(a)(2)(A), this related, later-filed action is transferred to the Honorable Kyle C. Dudek, with his consent, for all further purposes. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to REASSIGN this case to United States District Judge Kyle C. Dudek. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 6/23/2026. (NMC) (Entered: 06/23/2026)

#14

Jun 23, 2026

Case Reassigned to District Judge Kyle C. Dudek. New case number: 2:26-cv-1968-KCD-NPM. Judge Sheri Polster Chappell no longer assigned to the case. (LF) (Entered: 06/25/2026)

Jun 23, 2026

Order Reassigning Case to Another Judge w/in Division

Jun 23, 2026

Order on Motion to Dismiss

#15

Jun 25, 2026

MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to 6 Order to Respond to Habeas Petition Mariah Bueno by Emmanuel Roberto Medina-Ruiz. (Bueno, Mariah) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell. (Entered: 06/25/2026)

Jun 25, 2026

Case Assigned/Reassigned

#16

Jun 26, 2026

ENDORSED ORDER granting 15 Petitioner's motion for extension of time. By June 30, 2026, Petitioner must file his reply. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 6/26/2026. (RCD) (Entered: 06/26/2026)

Jun 26, 2026

Order on Motion for Extension of Time to File Response / Reply

#17

Jun 28, 2026

ENDORSED ORDER denying as moot 3 Motion for Order to Show Cause and 4 Motion for Order to Show Cause because the Court separately directed the Government to file a response to the habeas petition under the procedure it found appropriate. Signed by District Judge Kyle C. Dudek on 6/28/2026. (Dudek, Kyle) (Entered: 06/28/2026)

Jun 28, 2026

Order on Motion to Show Cause AND Order on Motion to Show Cause

#18

Jun 30, 2026

REPLY re 10 Response to habeas petition by Emmanuel Roberto Medina-Ruiz. (Bueno, Mariah) (Entered: 06/30/2026)