Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02258

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Dec 05, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10627117.), filed by Anthony Emmanuel Arguello Garcia. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Sandoval-Moshenberg, Simon) (Entered: 12/05/2025)

Dec 05, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and US Magistrate Judge William B. Porter. (swil)

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Dec 08, 2025

ORDERED that Petitioner shall not be removed from this jurisdiction or the United States unless and until the Court issues a contrary order. 28 U.S.C. § 1651; F. TC. v. Dean Foods Co., 384 U.S. 597,603 (1966) ("The All Writs Act, 28 lJ.S.C. § 1651(a), empowers the federal courts to issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.'"); it is further ORDERED that if Petitioner is currently outside of this Court's jurisdiction, or in the process of being transferred outside of it, he must be returned to this jurisdiction unless and until the Court issues a contrary order; it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2025. Petitioner's counsel tile with the Court a proposed release plan for the Petitioner, which must include a fixed address at which Petitioner shall reside should the Petition be granted. Petitioner's counsel should redact personal identifiers or file those documents under seal; and it is further ORDERED that on or before 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2025, Respondents SHOW CAUSE as to why the Petition should not be granted. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/8/2025. (swil) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

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Dec 12, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Leah Nicole Haynes on behalf of Anthony Emmanuel Arguello Garcia (Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

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Dec 12, 2025

AMENDED Petition against Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, Warden, filed by Anthony Emmanuel Arguello Garcia. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, 2018 Notice to Appear, # 2 Exhibit 2, ORR Verification of Release)(Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

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Dec 12, 2025

Joint MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply by Anthony Emmanuel Arguello Garcia. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

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Dec 15, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Elizabeth Anne Spavins on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (Spavins, Elizabeth) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

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Dec 15, 2025

MOTION to Seal by Anthony Emmanuel Arguello Garcia. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

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Dec 15, 2025

Memorandum in Support re 7 MOTION to Seal filed by Anthony Emmanuel Arguello Garcia. (Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

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Dec 15, 2025

Notice of Filing Sealing Motion LCvR5(C) by Anthony Emmanuel Arguello Garcia re 7 MOTION to Seal (Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

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Dec 15, 2025

Sealed Attachment/Exhibit(s) re 7 MOTION to Seal . (Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

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Dec 15, 2025

ORDERED that The motion is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that: Petitioner shall file his proposed release plan on or before December 22, 2025, at 5:00pm; Respondents shall SHOW CAUSE as to why the Amended Petition should not be granted on or before December 22, 2025, at 5:00pm re 5 Joint MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/15/2025. (Sbro, ) (Entered: 12/16/2025)

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Dec 22, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Meghan Elizabeth Loftus on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon (Loftus, Meghan) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Dec 22, 2025

DOCUMENT FILED IN ERROR AND REMOVED. Modified on 12/22/2025 (triv). (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Dec 22, 2025

Opposition to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (2241) filed by Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Loftus, Meghan) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Dec 22, 2025

Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply by Anthony Emmanuel Arguello Garcia. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Haynes, Leah) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Dec 23, 2025

ORDER granting 15 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply. ORDERED that Petitioner shall file his reply brief in response to Respondents' Response in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Dkt. 14) on or before January 5, 2026. Signed by US Magistrate Judge William B. Porter on 12/23/2025. (wgar, ) (Entered: 12/23/2025)

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Dec 23, 2025

ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Dkt. 1) is GRANTED; it is further ORDERED that Petitioner be immediately released from custody, with all his personal property, pending his bond hearing before an immigration judge. ORDERED that Respondents must provide Petitioner with a standard bond hearing pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within twenty-one (21) days of the date of this Order; it is further ORDERED that the parties shall file a status report on the status of Petitioner's bond hearing within three (3) days of the bond hearing. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/23/2025. See Order for further details. (triv) (Entered: 12/23/2025)

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Dec 23, 2025

CLERK'S JUDGMENT entered in favor of the Petitioner, Anthony Emmanuel Arguello Garcia, in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58. Signed by Clerk on 12/23/2025. (triv) (Entered: 12/23/2025)

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Dec 31, 2025

ORDER: The Court GRANTS the Motion (ECF No. 7). Petitioner's lease renewal offer and acceptance, both listing his home address, were properly filed under seal, and the Court will maintain them under seal according to the terms of this Order or unless the Court determines otherwise. Signed by US Magistrate Judge William B. Porter on 12/31/2025. (kgall) (Entered: 12/31/2025)

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Jan 08, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Todd Lyons, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon. (Barghaan, Dennis) (Entered: 01/08/2026)