Western District of Pennsylvania • 3:26-cv-01333

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Jul 10, 2026

CONSENT to Trial/Jurisdiction by US Magistrate Judge OR District Judge Option, by RONY PIERRE. (Attachments: # 1 Envelope) (ert) (Entered: 07/14/2026)

Jul 10, 2026

Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand added. (ert)

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Jul 14, 2026

Proceed In Forma Pauperis

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Jul 15, 2026

ORDER GRANTING 1 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis. The Clerk of Court is directed to file the Petition at ECF No. 1-1 on the docket forthwith. Signed by Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand on 7/15/2026. Text-only entry; no PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (drc) (Entered: 07/15/2026)

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Jul 15, 2026

ATTORNEY Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Credit Card Required)

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Jul 15, 2026

Case Management Order

Jul 15, 2026

Order on Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

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Jul 17, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Heidi M. Grogan on behalf of TODD BLANCHE, MARKWAYNE MULLIN, LEONARD ODDO, DAVID J. VENTURELLA. (Grogan, Heidi) (Entered: 07/17/2026)

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Jul 17, 2026

SCHEDULING ORDER: Response to Petition due 8/14/2026, Reply due 8/24/2026. Signed by Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand on 7/17/2026. Text-only entry; no PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (drc) (Entered: 07/17/2026)

Jul 17, 2026

Order

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Aug 18, 2026

ORDER DENYING 4 Petition for Habeas Corpus. Pro se Petitioner, a native of Haiti, has been detained at Moshannon Valley Correctional Center since December 2025. ECF No. 1 para. 12. In a previous petition, Rony v. Rose, No. 26-cv-499, ECF No. 1 (W.D. Pa. 2026) (Wiegand, J.) ("Rony I"), Petitioner argued that he was subject to discretionary detention pursuant to § 1226(a) and not mandatory detention under § 1225(b)(2) and therefore that he was entitled to a bond hearing. The Court agreed, and, granting the petition in part on 4/1/2026, directed Respondents to provide Petitioner with a bond hearing within seven days. See Rony I, ECF No. 6. Petitioners bond hearing was held on 4/8/2026, and the immigration judge denied bond based on a finding of flight risk. See Rony I, ECF No. 7-1. In a motion to enforce filed on 4/29/2026, Petitioner asserted that the 4/8/2026 bond hearing violated his due process rights and asked this Court to order his immediate release from custody. See Rony I, ECF No. 8. Because Petitioner, who bears the burden of proof as movant, failed to provide the Court with a transcript or recording of the 4/8/2026 bond hearing, the Court denied the motion. See Rony I, ECF No. 9. Now, in a separate Petition, Petitioner again requests immediate release from detention. ECF No. 4 at 16-17. Petitioner asserts that the extended length of his detention pending his removal violates his rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and argues that the factors identified in German Santos v. Warden Pike County Correctional Facility, 965 F.3d 203 (3d Cir. 2020) weigh against his continued detention. Petitioner's challenge to his detention pursuant to German Santos fails. German Santos involves an alien who was detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c) without a bond hearing. Petitioner has had a bond hearing, and the German Santos framework therefore does not apply to him. Moreover, while Petitioner challenges the constitutionality of his 4/8/2026 bond hearing, he again fails to produce a transcript or recording of the hearing. The Court is therefore unable to determine whether that hearing had the three essential elements of a "fundamentally" fair bond hearing under the test set forth by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Ghanem v. Warden Essex Cnty. Corr. Facility, No. 21-1908, 2022 WL 574624, at *2 (3d Cir. Feb. 25, 2022). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 4 Petition is DENIED. Clerk is to mark this case CLOSED. Signed by Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand on 8/18/2026. Text-only entry; no PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (drc) (Entered: 08/18/2026)

Aug 18, 2026

Order

Aug 19, 2026

Judgment (Rule 58)