District of Colorado • 1:26-cv-03115

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Jul 13, 2026

APPLICATION for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 USC 2241 (Filing fee $ 5, Receipt Number ACODC-11136387)Attorney Harun Taskin added to party Khusnimurod Zairov (pty:pet), filed by Khusnimurod Zairov. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit 1-) NTA (2023), # 3 Exhibit 2-) I-94, # 4 Exhibit 3-) I-589 Receipt Notice, # 5 Exhibit 4-) I-589 ASC Notice, # 6 Exhibit 5-) EAD, # 7 Exhibit 6-) CDL, # 8 Exhibit 7-) USCIS FWD Notice, # 9 Exhibit 8-) NTA (2026), # 10 Exhibit 9-) ICE Locator Page, # 11 Exhibit 10-) Automated Case Information)(Taskin, Harun) (Entered: 07/13/2026)

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Jul 13, 2026

Case assigned to Magistrate Judge Susan Prose. Text Only Entry. (manoe, ) (Entered: 07/13/2026)

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Jul 13, 2026

Magistrate Judge consent form issued pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 40.1, direct assignment of civil actions to full time magistrate judges. (manoe, ) (Entered: 07/13/2026)

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Jul 20, 2026

MINUTE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Susan Prose on July 20, 2026. This matter is before the court on Petitioner Khusnimurod Zairovs "Verified Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241" (ECF No. 1 ). Petitioner shall, by overnight mail and email, serve Respondents with a copy of the Petition and this Order on or before July 23, 2026. Petitioner shall file proof of service. Within seven days of service, respondents shall show cause why the 1 Verified Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 should not be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243 ("The writ, or order to show cause shall be directed to the person having custody of the person detained. It shall be returned within three days unless for good cause additional time, not exceeding twenty days, is allowed."). In doing so, Respondents are asked to address whether the issues presented here are materially different from the issues the Tenth Circuit has resolved in its prior ruling in Santillan Quiroz v. Mullin, No. 26-6019, __ F.4th__ (10th Cir. 2026). Petitioner may file a reply within seven days of Respondents filing their response. In addition, the Supreme Court has recognized that the express authority granted by the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, empowers lower courts, in limited circumstances, to issue temporary injunctions as may be necessary to protect the status quo or their own jurisdiction. See FTC v. Dean Foods Co., 384 U.S. 597, 603, 608 (1966). "Unless appropriately confined by Congress, a federal court may avail itself of all auxiliary writs as aids in the performance of its duties, when the use of such historic aids is calculated in its sound judgment to achieve the ends of justice entrusted to it." United States v. N.Y. Tel. Co., 434 U.S. 159, 17273 (1977) (quotation omitted). Pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), and in order to preserve the court's jurisdiction, Respondents SHALL NOT REMOVE Petitioner from the District of Colorado into the jurisdiction of any other federal district court within the United States unless or until this court or the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacates this Order. See Vizguerra-Ramirez v. Choate, No. 25-cv-00881-NYW, ECF No. 11 at 45 (D. Colo. Mar. 21, 2025) (collecting cases); Vazquez v. Baltazar, No. 25-cv-03049-GPG-TPO, ECF No. 11 (D. Colo. Oct. 2, 2025); Dean Foods Co., 384 U.S. at 603; Local 1814, Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n v. N.Y. Shipping Ass'n, 965 F.2d 1224, 1237 (2d Cir. 1992). It is further ORDERED that the parties shall file a completed Magistrate Judge consent form (ECF No. 3 ) no less than seven days from the date of this Order. Text Only Entry (sjeff) (Entered: 07/20/2026)

Jul 20, 2026

Minute Order

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Jul 21, 2026

CERTIFICATE of Mailing/Service re 4 Minute Order,,,,,,,,,,, by Petitioner Khusnimurod Zairov. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit U.S. Postal Service Certified Mail Receipts)(Taskin, Harun) (Entered: 07/21/2026)

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Jul 21, 2026

NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Harun Taskin on behalf of Khusnimurod Zairov (Taskin, Harun) (Entered: 07/21/2026)

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Jul 27, 2026

CONSENT to Jurisdiction of Magistrate Judge by Respondents Juan Baltazar, Todd Blanche, Markwayne Mullin, George Valdez, David J. Venturella All parties consent.. (Deuschle, Nicholas) (Entered: 07/27/2026)

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Jul 27, 2026

ORDER OF REFERENCE. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 73, Local Civil Rules 40.1(c)(6) and 72.2, and 7 Election Concerning Consent/Non-Consent to United States Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction, this action is REFERRED for final disposition to Magistrate Judge Susan Prose, who will conduct any and all further proceedings and order the entry of judgment in the case. SO ORDERED by Chief Judge Daniel D. Domenico on 07/27/2026. Text Only Entry. (agryan) (Entered: 07/27/2026)

Jul 27, 2026

Order on Consent to Jurisdiction of Magistrate Judge

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Jul 28, 2026

RESPONSE to 4 Minute Order,,,,,,,,,,, by Respondents Juan Baltazar, Todd Blanche, Markwayne Mullin, George Valdez, David J. Venturella. (Deuschle, Nicholas) (Entered: 07/28/2026)

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Jul 30, 2026

REPLY to 9 Response in Support of Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by Petitioner Khusnimurod Zairov. (Taskin, Harun) (Entered: 07/30/2026)

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Sep 01, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Petitioner Khusnimurod Zairov. (Taskin, Harun) (Entered: 09/01/2026)

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Sep 14, 2026

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Susan Prose on 09/14/2026. The 1 Emergency Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (the "Petition") is GRANTED in part. In light of Respondents' decision to forego filing a brief in opposition to the Petition, it is ORDERED that Respondents, within seven days of the date of this order, shall provide Petitioner with a bond hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), during which the government shall bear the burden of proving that Petitioner's continued detention is justified by clear and convincing evidence. Santillan Quiroz v. Mullin, 180 F.4th 1226, 1251 n. 13 (10th Cir. 2026) (citations omitted); see also, e.g., Garcia Abanil v. Baltazar, 817 F. Supp. 3d 1148, 1159 (D. Colo. 2026) ("[T]he weight of authority in this District is clear: it is the Governments burden to justify a noncitizens continued detention at a bond hearing." (citation modified) (collecting cases)); Arredondo v. Baltazar, No. 25-cv-03040-RBJ, 2025 WL 4083607, at *4 (D. Colo. Oct. 31, 2025) (finding that "the clear and convincing standard that generally applies to civil detention where liberty is at stake is appropriate here as well"). But see De La Cruz v. Baltazar, No. 26-cv-00360-PAB, 2026 WL 439217, at *4 (D. Colo. Feb. 17, 2026) (declining to place this burden on the government in a similar case). It is further ORDERED that within five days of Petitioners bond hearing, the parties shall file a status report indicating whether the bond hearing was held and whether bond was granted or denied. Text Only Entry (sjeff) (Entered: 09/14/2026)

Sep 14, 2026

Order

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Sep 28, 2026

Joint STATUS REPORT pursuant to the Court's September 14, 2026, Order (ECF No. 12) by Respondents Juan Baltazar, Todd Blanche, Markwayne Mullin, George Valdez, David J. Venturella. (Deuschle, Nicholas) (Entered: 09/28/2026)

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Oct 05, 2026

MINUTE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Susan Prose on 10/05/2026. This matter is before the court on the parties' 13 Joint Status Report. On September 14, 2026, the court granted petitioner's habeas petition and ordered respondents to provide petitioner with a bond hearing within seven days of the date of the court's order (ECF No. 12 ). The parties have now filed a status report informing the court that petitioner was granted release on bond (ECF No. 13 ). Accordingly, the court will close the case. Text Only Entry Text Only Entry (sjeff, ) (Entered: 10/05/2026)

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Oct 05, 2026

FINAL JUDGMENT pursuant to Orders 12 and 14 . Entered by the Clerk of the Court on 10/05/2026. (sjeff) (Entered: 10/05/2026)

Oct 05, 2026

Minute Order