District of Maine • 2:25-cv-00595

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Nov 26, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed by IRENE MONTALVO SOLEDAD on 11/26/2025.(lcb) (Entered: 11/26/2025)

#2

Nov 26, 2025

CIVIL COVER SHEET filed on 11/26/2025. (lcb) (Entered: 11/26/2025)

#3

Nov 26, 2025

Summons Issued as to PATRICIA HYDE, KEVIN JOYCE, TODD LYONS, KRISTI NOEM. Counsel shall print the embossed summons and effect service in the manner in accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P.4. Note-If you are using Version 6 of Adobe Acrobat, be sure the PRINT WHAT field is set to DOCUMENTS AND COMMENTS (Click File, then Print to check this setting). (Attachments: # 1 Summons for Patricia Hyde, # 2 Summons for Todd Lyons, # 3 Summons for Kristi Noem)(lcb) (Entered: 11/26/2025)

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Nov 26, 2025

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 1 PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus Responses due by 4:00 p.m. on 11/26/2025. By JUDGE STACEY D. NEUMANN. (mmy) (Entered: 11/26/2025)

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Nov 26, 2025

CERTIFICATION for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Molly McGee filed by MATTHEW D. MORGAN on behalf of IRENE MONTALVO SOLEDAD (Total admission fee $ 200 receipt number AMEDC-3211672.) The District of Maine is a CM/ECF NextGen Court. If PHV counsel has not previously been granted electronic filing rights with the District of Maine, PHV counsel will now need to submit a PRO HAC VICE request in this District via PACER at www.pacer.uscourts.gov (MORGAN, MATTHEW) (Entered: 11/26/2025)

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Nov 26, 2025

RESPONSE in Opposition re 1 PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by PATRICIA HYDE, TODD LYONS, KRISTI NOEM. Reply due by 12/10/2025. (LIZOTTE, ANDREW) (Entered: 11/26/2025)

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Nov 26, 2025

NOTICE of APPROVAL by Clerk's Office re 5 Certification for Admission Pro Hac Vice. Attorney MOLLY MCGEE for IRENE MONTALVO SOLEDAD added to this specific case only. Maine has transitioned to the NextGen ECF filing system; therefore, to complete the admissions process, Attorney Molly McGee, Esq. must register for a PACER account and/or request the appropriate e-filing rights in the District of Maine via PACER at www.pacer.uscourts.gov by 12/3/2025. NOTE: Counsel appearing Pro Hac Vice MUST click on the PRO HAC VICE link when requesting e-filing rights via PACER. For more details on NextGen/PACER go to our website at www.med.uscourts.gov. (jgd) (Entered: 11/26/2025)

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Nov 26, 2025

ORDER granting 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus: In its response to the show cause order, ECF No. 6, the Government asserts that Ms. Montalvo Soledad is subject to detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2). However, the Government acknowledges the caselaw from this Court in Chogllo Chafla v. Scott, No. 2:25-CV-00437, 2025 WL 2688541 (D. Me. Sept. 22, 2025), and Bermeo Sicha v. Bernal, No. 1:25-CV-00418, 2025 WL 2494530 (D. Me. Aug. 29, 2025), and has not submitted any additional facts or legal arguments explaining why Ms. Montalvo Soledad's case is factually or legally distinct from those cases. As such, pursuant to my reasoning in those cases, I GRANT the Petitioner's habeas petition, ECF No. 1, and ORDER her immediately released on her own recognizance. I ORDER that she receive an individual bond hearing pursuant to section 1226(a). The Government is enjoined from denying Petitioner a bond hearing on the basis that 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2) applies to Petitioner and the Government shall provide Petitioner with a bond hearing in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a)(2) no sooner than 45 days from the date of the Order in this case. The Government is further ORDERED to file a status report within five days of Petitioner's bond hearing, stating whether the Petitioner has been granted bond, and, if her request for bond was denied, the reasons for that denial. By JUDGE STACEY D. NEUMANN. (mmy) (Entered: 11/26/2025)

Nov 26, 2025

Set Deadlines: Status Report due from Respondents by 1/15/2026. (mmy)

Nov 26, 2025

Deadlines : Maine has transitioned to the NextGen ECF filing system; therefore, to complete the admissions process, Attorney MOLLY MCGEE must register for a PACER account and/or request the appropriate e-filing rights in the District of Maine via PACER at www.pacer.uscourts.gov by 12/3/2025. NOTE: Counsel appearing Pro Hac Vice MUST click on the PRO HAC VICE link when requesting e-filing rights via PACER. For more details on NextGen/PACER go to our website at www.med.uscourts.gov. Pro Hac Vice Certificate due by 12/3/2025 from MOLLY MCGEE. The Certification for Admission Pro Hac Vice form can be downloaded from our website at http://www.med.uscourts.gov/forms. (lcb)

Nov 26, 2025

Deadlines : $5.00 Filing Fee due by 12/2/2025. Counsel must call the Clerk's Office to pay the fee via credit card as it cannot be paid via Pay.Gov. (lcb)

Nov 26, 2025

Order on Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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Jan 07, 2026

SERVICE Returned EXECUTED filed by IRENE MONTALVO SOLEDAD as to KEVIN JOYCE. (MORGAN, MATTHEW) (Entered: 01/07/2026)