District of New Jersey • 2:26-cv-07489

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Jun 23, 2026

First PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number ANJDC-17567485.), filed by LEONEL A. LLONGO PACALLA. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet)(CANDIA, WILLIAM) (Entered: 06/23/2026)

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Jun 23, 2026

TEXT ORDER. Respondents are hereby enjoined from transferring Petitioner from New Jersey pending further Order of the Court. So Ordered by Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb on 6/23/2026. (jr) (Entered: 06/23/2026)

Jun 23, 2026

Case assigned to Judge Julien Xavier Neals. (jr)

Jun 23, 2026

Emergent Immigration Habeas Non-transfer Order

Jun 23, 2026

Case Assigned/Reassigned

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Jun 24, 2026

TEXT ORDER - Pro se Plaintiff Lee Coffey ("Plaintiff") filed a notice of supplemental authority in opposition to Defendants' motions to dismiss ("Notice"). (ECF No. 159 .) Defendants requested the Court disregard the Notice as having been filed without permission of the Court, per Local Civil Rule 7.1(d). (ECF No. 160 .) The Court will consider Defendants' request alongside their pending motions to dismiss and stay. (See ECF Nos. 142, 145, 148, 151 .) So Ordered by Judge Julien Xavier Neals on 6/24/2026. (kd) (Entered: 06/24/2026)

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Jun 24, 2026

TEXT ORDER - Before the Court is Petitioner Leonel A. Llongo Pacalla's ("Petitioner") Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus ("Petition") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his continued detention by immigration authorities without an individualized bond hearing. (ECF No. 1 .) Petitioner, a native of Ecuador, who entered the United States in 2021without inspection and has remained here since, contends he is unlawfully detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b). (See generally id.) Based on this Court's statutory interpretation in Caiza Guevara v. Tsoukaris, No. 26-967 (JXN) and in Fuentes Velasquez v. Noem, No. 25-16797, 2025 WL 3653657 (D.N.J. Dec. 17, 2025), the Court finds the facts asserted in the Petition establish that Petitioner cannot be mandatorily detained under the plain text of § 1225(b)(1) or (b)(2), as he was previously released into the country and was re-detained years later on the interior of the country. As such, his continued detention under that statute is unlawful. Although Respondents may have been able to lawfully detain Petitioner under a different statute, they instead detained him under § 1225(b). Accordingly, it is ORDERED that, subject to the following, Petitioner's Petition (ECF No. 1 ) is GRANTED and Respondents shall RELEASE Petitioner within twenty-four (24) hours of the entry of this Text Order, under the same conditions, if any, that existed prior to his detention. It is further ORDERED that Respondents shall return to Petitioner all personal property belonging to Petitioner - including but not limited to, any driver's license, passport, immigration documents, currency, or cellphone - that was seized at the time of detention. It is further ORDERED that Respondents are permanently enjoined from detaining Petitioner under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(1) or (b)(2), which the Court has found inapplicable to him. It is further ORDERED that Respondents shall not arrest, detain, or otherwise take Petitioner into custody under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) for a period of 14 days following his release, to ensure full effectuation of this Court's judgment and to prevent circumvention of the relief granted. It is finally ORDERED that if Respondents contend that this matter is factually distinguishable from Caiza Guevara and Fuentes Velasquez, they shall file an expedited answer to the Petition within three (3) days of the date of this Text Order, and Petitioner may file a reply within three (3) days of receipt of the expedited answer. So Ordered by Judge Julien Xavier Neals on 6/24/2026. (kd) (Entered: 06/24/2026)

Jun 24, 2026

Text Order

Jun 24, 2026

CLERK'S QUALITY CONTROL MESSAGE - The Text Order 3 filed on 6/24/2026 appears to be filed in the incorrect case and is hereby vacated. This submission will remain on the docket unless otherwise ordered by the court. (kd)

Jun 24, 2026

QC - Document Filed in Incorrect Case

Jun 25, 2026

QC - Updating Account

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Jun 29, 2026

Letter

#6

Jun 30, 2026

Notice of Appearance

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Jun 30, 2026

Letter

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Jun 30, 2026

Letter