Western District of Pennsylvania • 3:26-cv-01277

#1

Jul 02, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing fee, including Administrative fee, $5, receipt number 300001129), filed by ABEBE AMANUEL. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Letter, # 2 Receipt, # 3 Envelope) (ljs) (Entered: 07/06/2026)

Jul 06, 2026

Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan added. (ljs)

#2

Jul 07, 2026

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER. Copies of this order and the Petition were emailed by the Court to the USAO. This email service is deemed sufficient to accomplish formal service of the Petition on Respondents. Respondents' counsel shall file a notice of appearance within 3 days of this date. Respondents shall file any responses or answers to the petition within 30 days of the date of service. Petitioner's reply is due within 5 days of Respondents' response. Signed by Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan on 7/7/2026. (pak) (Entered: 07/07/2026)

#3

Jul 07, 2026

STANDING ZADVYDAS ORDER. In alien habeas cases, petitioners often challenge their detention as being unconstitutionally prolonged, either at the outset or later during the pendency of their cases. See Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001) ("The serious constitutional problem arising out of a statute that, in these circumstances, permits an indefinite, perhaps permanent, deprivation of human liberty without any such protection is obvious.") In order to monitor and assess the validity of any such potential claim, Respondents shall file a status report updating the Court on Petitioner's detention status six months from today. No such report need be filed if Petitioner has been released prior to that date. Signed by Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan on 7/7/2026. Text-only entry; no PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (pak) (Entered: 07/07/2026)

Jul 07, 2026

Order

#4

Jul 08, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Samantha Stewart on behalf of TODD BLANCHE, TODD LYONS, MARKWAYNE MULLIN, DAVID O'NEILL, LEONARD ODDO. (Stewart, Samantha) (Entered: 07/08/2026)

#5

Aug 06, 2026

RESPONSE to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed by TODD BLANCHE, TODD LYONS, MARKWAYNE MULLIN, DAVID O'NEILL, LEONARD ODDO. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit "1", # 2 Exhibit "2") (Stewart, Samantha) (Entered: 08/06/2026)

#6

Aug 17, 2026

ORDER denying 1 petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was provided a bond hearing on 5/5/2026, pursuant to this Court's Order in another case. See ECF No. 5 at 3:26-cv-00610-NR. Petitioner was denied bond because the IJ determined Petitioner was a flight risk. See ECF No. 6 at 3:26-cv-00610-NR. Petitioner then filed a petition alleging that his detention had become unconstitutionally long. Petitioner has been subject to a final order of removal since 10/6/2025, which is beyond the six-month period identified in Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001). However, Petitioner has not met his burden under Zadvydas to provide "good reason to believe that there is no significant likelihood of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future[.]" Id. at 701. Accordingly, Petitioner's habeas petition 1 is DENIED. Signed by Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan on 8/17/2026. Text-only entry; no PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (pak) (Entered: 08/17/2026)

#7

Aug 17, 2026

FINAL JUDGMENT, entered consistent with the above order (ECF 6). Signed by Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan on 8/17/2026. Text-only entry; no PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (pak) (Entered: 08/17/2026)

Aug 17, 2026

Order

Aug 17, 2026

Judgment (Rule 58)