Western District of Louisiana • 1:26-cv-02169

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Jun 22, 2026

DEFICIENT PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Receipt number 500005743, filing fee $5.00) filed by Ramon Oliva Lao. (Attachments: # 1 Civil cover sheet, # 2 Exhibits, # 3 Envelope)(crt,Hunter, M) Modified on 6/27/2026 not signed by Plaintiff (Kiper, C). Modified on 7/16/2026 to removed "?" from deficiency notation - see doc 5 Petition (Taylor, L). (Entered: 06/23/2026)

Jun 22, 2026

CASE Assigned to Judge S Maurice Hicks, Jr and Magistrate Judge Kayla D McClusky. (crt,Kiper, C)

#2

Jun 27, 2026

NOTICE of Standing Order 1.73 regarding the provisional appointment of the Federal Public Defender. (crt,Kiper, C) (Entered: 06/27/2026)

#3

Jun 27, 2026

PROPOSED MEMORANDUM ORDER Referred to Magistrate Judge Kayla D McClusky. Motion Ripe Deadline set for 6/27/2026. (crt,Kiper, C) (Entered: 06/27/2026)

Jun 27, 2026

Case Assigned/Reassigned

#4

Jun 29, 2026

MEMORANDUM ORDER: Plaintiff failed to sign complaint/petition. ( Pro Se Deadline to comply with deficiency set for 7/29/2026). Signed by Magistrate Judge Kayla D McClusky on 6/29/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Signature Page of Petition)(crt,Crawford, A) (Entered: 06/29/2026)

#5

Jul 14, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Ramon Oliva Lao. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Envelope)(crt,Taylor, L) (Entered: 07/16/2026)

#7

Jul 20, 2026

MEMORANDUM ORDER directing clerk to serve a copy of the petition and this Order on the federal respondents by email at the email address designated by the United States Attorney. The Clerk of Court is further directed to serve the warden of the facility where Petitioner is detained by first-class mail. Signed by Magistrate Judge Kayla D McClusky on 7/20/2026. (crt,Haik, K) (Entered: 07/27/2026)

#6

Jul 27, 2026

NOTICE of Standing Order 1.74 regarding service and scheduling in immigration habeas cases. (crt,Haik, K) (Entered: 07/27/2026)

Jul 27, 2026

Service of Petition on USA (Immigration Habeas)

Jul 27, 2026

SERVICE of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus on the federal respondents through the United States Attorney's Office by the Court's electronic case management system pursuant to Standing Order 1.74. Service on the warden where the petitioner is detained sent by first-class mail. Federal Respondents served on 7/27/2026, answer due 8/24/2026. (crt,Haik, K)

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Jul 29, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Holly Hamilton Dorward on behalf of Secretary D H S, M Harper, Q Hodges, I C E New Orleans, J Williams (Attorney Holly Hamilton Dorward added to party Secretary D H S(pty:dft), Attorney Holly Hamilton Dorward added to party M Harper(pty:dft), Attorney Holly Hamilton Dorward added to party Q Hodges(pty:dft), Attorney Holly Hamilton Dorward added to party I C E New Orleans(pty:dft), Attorney Holly Hamilton Dorward added to party J Williams(pty:dft)) (aty,Dorward, Holly) (Entered: 07/29/2026)

#9

Aug 11, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Andres Gomez on behalf of Ramon Oliva Lao (Attorney Andres Gomez added to party Ramon Oliva Lao(pty:pla)) (aty,Gomez, Andres) (Entered: 08/11/2026)

#10

Aug 17, 2026

MOTION for Discovery Order by Ramon Oliva Lao. Motions referred to Kayla D McClusky. Motion Ripe Deadline set for 8/17/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed order)(aty,Gomez, Andres) Modified docket text on 8/17/2026 (Devillier, W). (Entered: 08/17/2026)

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Aug 18, 2026

MEMORANDUM in Opposition re 10 MOTION for Discovery Order filed by Secretary D H S, M Harper, Q Hodges, I C E New Orleans, J Williams. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(aty,Dorward, Holly) (Entered: 08/18/2026)

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Aug 18, 2026

ELECTRONIC ORDER denying 10 Motion for Discovery. Petitioner has not established good cause under Rule 6 for the broad request to produce the complete A-File and other unspecified documents. Respondents shall nevertheless file with their response any portions of the administrative record or other evidence on which they rely. This Order does not preclude Petitioner from seeking narrowly tailored discovery later if the response reveals a specific factual dispute, and Petitioner demonstrates good cause for particular documents. Signed by Magistrate Judge Kayla D McClusky on 8/18/2026. (jud,McClusky, Kayla) (Entered: 08/18/2026)

Aug 18, 2026

Order on Motion for Discovery

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Aug 21, 2026

Response to Habeas Petition AND Response to Habeas Petition