Western District of New York • 1:25-cv-01260

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Nov 24, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number ANYWDC-5637282.), filed by Musieta Sodu-Cyrille. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A Stay of Removal, # 2 Exhibit C IJ Order Denying MTR, # 3 Exhibit D Appeal to BIA, # 4 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet)(Zaiman, Grace) (Entered: 11/24/2025)

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Nov 25, 2025

TEXT ORDER re 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed by Musieta Sodu-Cyrille. On November 4, 2025, this Court issued a decision and order in Alvarez Ortiz v. Freden, case number 25-cv-960, finding that noncitizens who are present in the United States without having been admitted or paroled are not subject to mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2) but instead are subject to detention under section 1226. See Alvarez Ortiz v. Freden, --- F.Supp.3d ---, 2025 WL 3085032 (W.D.N.Y. Nov. 4, 2025). The Court further held "that constitutional due process requires the government to bear the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the individual is either a danger to the community or a flight risk even at an initial bond hearing under section 1226(a)." Id. at *12. Accordingly, the respondents are hereby ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE on or before December 2, 2025, why, in light of that decision, (1) the petition in this case should not be granted, and (2) the Court should not order that the petitioner receive a bond hearing at which the government bears the burden to demonstrate, by clear and convincing evidence, that the petitioner is a danger to the community or a flight risk and at which the immigration judge must consider non-bond alternatives to detention or, if setting a bond, the petitioner's ability to pay. SO ORDERED. Issued by Hon. Lawrence J. Vilardo on 11/25/2025. (RFI) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

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Nov 25, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Adam A. Khalil on behalf of Joseph Freden, Stephen Kurzdorfer (Khalil, Adam) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

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Nov 25, 2025

REPLY/RESPONSE to re 2 Text Order,,,,, filed by Joseph Freden, Stephen Kurzdorfer. (Khalil, Adam) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

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Nov 25, 2025

TEXT ORDER re 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed by Musieta Sodu-Cyrille. Earlier today, this Court ordered the respondents to show cause "why, in light of [this Court's] decision [in Alvarez Ortiz v. Freden, --- F.Supp.3d ---, 2025 WL 3085032 (W.D.N.Y. Nov. 4, 2025)], (1) the petition in this case should not be granted, and (2) the Court should not order that the petitioner receive a bond hearing at which the government bears the burden to demonstrate, by clear and convincing evidence, that the petitioner is a danger to the community or a flight risk and at which the immigration judge must consider non-bond alternatives to detention or, if setting a bond, the petitioner's ability to pay." Docket Item 2. In response, the "[r]espondents acknowledge[d] that this Court's prior rulings [including Alvarez Ortiz] concerning similar challenges to the government policy or practice at issue in this case, and the common question of law between this case and those rulings, would control the result in this case should the Court adhere to its legal reasoning in those prior decisions." Docket Item 4 at 1. The respondents have reserved all rights, including the right to appeal, and this Court appreciates their efforts "to conserve judicial and party resources" by not rehashing issues that this Court already has decided. See id. This Court finds that the petitioner is detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a). Accordingly, for the reasons explained in Alvarez Ortiz, this Court GRANTS the petition and ORDERS the respondents to provide the petitioner with an individualized bond hearing before an immigration judge within seven calendar days of the date of this order. At that hearing, the government shall bear the burden to demonstrate, by clear and convincing evidence, that the petitioner is a danger to the community or a flight risk. At that bond hearing, the immigration judge must consider non-bond alternatives to detention or, if setting a bond, the petitioner's ability to pay. If the respondents fail to provide such a hearing within seven calendar days, they shall immediately release the petitioner. On or before December 3, 2025, the respondents shall file a status report confirming that the petitioner has either been granted a bond hearing in compliance with this order or released from custody. SO ORDERED. Issued by Hon. Lawrence J. Vilardo on 11/25/2025. (RFI) (Entered: 11/25/2025)

Nov 25, 2025

Notice of Availability of Magistrate Judge: A United States Magistrate of this Court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 636c and FRCP 73. The Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge form (AO-85) is available for download at http://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/forms. (TF)

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Dec 17, 2025

JUDGMENT in favor of Musieta Sodu-Cyrille against Joseph Freden, Stephen Kurzdorfer. Signed by Mary C. Loewenguth, Clerk of Court on 12/17/2025. (TMK) (Entered: 12/17/2025)