Eastern District of California • 1:25-cv-01768

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Dec 08, 2025

(2241) PETITION for WRIT of HABEAS CORPUS against Current or Acting United States Attorney General, Current or Acting Director, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Current or Acting Field Office Director, San Francisco Field Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Warden of the Golden State Annex Detention Facility, Current or Acting Secretary, United Sates Department of Homeland Security by Lazaro Saucedo Zavaleta. (Deputy Clerk AML) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

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Dec 08, 2025

MOTION to PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS by Lazaro Saucedo Zavaleta. (Deputy Clerk AML) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

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Dec 08, 2025

MOTION to APPOINT COUNSEL by Lazaro Saucedo Zavaleta. (Deputy Clerk AML) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

Dec 08, 2025

RECEIPT number 100006612 for $5.00 fbo Lazaro Saucedo Zavaleta from Geo Secure Services. (Deputy Clerk AML)

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Dec 09, 2025

PRISONER NEW CASE DOCUMENTS and ORDER RE CONSENT ISSUED: Consent or Decline due by 1/12/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Order re Consent) (Deputy Clerk AML) (Entered: 12/09/2025)

Dec 09, 2025

SERVICE BY MAIL: 4 Prisoner New Case Documents served on Lazaro Saucedo Zavaleta. (Deputy Clerk AML)

Dec 09, 2025

Service by Mail

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Dec 10, 2025

Order AND Order on Motion to Appoint Counsel AND Order on Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis AND ~Util - 1 Set/Reset Deadlines and Hearings AND ~Util - Set/Clear Flags

Dec 10, 2025

Service by Mail

Dec 10, 2025

SERVICE BY MAIL: 5 Order served on Lazaro Saucedo Zavaleta. (Deputy Clerk KS)

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Dec 12, 2025

MINUTE ORDER issued by Courtroom Deputy for Chief Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 12/12/2025: The court has been notified by the Office of the Federal Defender that counsel has not yet been identified and requests an extension of time for appointment of counsel. The Office of the Federal Defender is GRANTED until 1/6/2026 for appointment of counsel. New counsel for Petitioner shall meet and confer with opposing counsel on a briefing schedule and jointly file that schedule with the court within seven (7) days of appointment. (Text Only Entry) (Deputy Clerk LMK) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

Dec 12, 2025

Minute Order AND ~Util - 1 Set/Reset Deadlines and Hearings

Dec 12, 2025

Service by Mail

Dec 12, 2025

SERVICE BY MAIL: 6 Minute Order served on Lazaro Saucedo Zavaleta. (Deputy Clerk LMK)

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Dec 18, 2025

CONSENT/DECLINE of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1), this document is restricted to attorneys and court staff only. Judges do not have access to view this document and will be informed of a party's response only if all parties have consented to the referral. (Deputy Clerk CM) (Entered: 12/18/2025)

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Dec 21, 2025

Withdraw as Attorney

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Dec 31, 2025

Order AND Order on Motion to Withdraw as Attorney AND ~Util - Add and Terminate Attorneys

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Jan 09, 2026

Notice of Appearance

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Jan 09, 2026

STIPULATION and PROPOSED ORDER re BRIEFING SCHEDULE by Lazaro Saucedo Zavaleta. (Milne, Kevin) (Entered: 01/09/2026)

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Jan 13, 2026

06 - HC/Order Requiring Respondent to File a Response

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Jan 15, 2026

Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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Jan 15, 2026

Temporary Restraining Order

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Jan 16, 2026

MINUTE ORDER (Text Only Entry) signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 1/16/2026: Pending the issuance of the court's order resolving the pending 14 motion for temporary restraining order, and unless and until the court orders otherwise, the court ORDERS that respondents shall not take any action to remove petitioner from the United States or to move petitioner out of the Eastern District of California. See F.T.C. v. Dean Foods Co., 384 U.S. 597, 604 (1966) (acknowledging the courts express authority under the All Writs Act to issue such temporary injunctions as may be necessary to protect its own jurisdiction). Given the exigent circumstances present, the court finds that this order is warranted to maintain the status quo pending its forthcoming order resolving petitioner's pending 14 motion for temporary restraining order. Further, no later than today, 1/16/2026, by 5:00 PM, petitioner's counsel is DIRECTED (1) to serve respondents with a copy of the first amended petition, motion for temporary restraining order, and accompanying papers, along with this order, to the United States Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of California by email at usacae.ecf2241-imm@usdoj.gov; and (2) to promptly file proof of such service on the docket. Counsel for respondents shall promptly enter Notices of Appearance. Respondents shall file a written opposition to the pending 14 motion for temporary restraining order by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, 1/20/2026. In that opposition, respondents shall substantively address whether any provision of law or fact in this case would distinguish it from the district court's decision in Otilio B.F. v. Andrews, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2025 WL 3152480 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 11, 2025), and other similar cases previously decided by this court, or otherwise indicate that the matter is not substantively distinguishable. If the parties were to jointly agree upon a less demanding briefing schedule, the court will consider the parties' proposal. (Deputy Clerk PAB) (Entered: 01/16/2026)

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Jan 16, 2026

Certificate / Proof of Service

Jan 16, 2026

Minute Order

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Jan 20, 2026

OPPOSITION to 14 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order by Respondents; Response (Opposition) to 13 First Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. (Olsen, Edward) Modified on 1/21/2026 (KLY). (Entered: 01/20/2026)

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Jan 21, 2026

MINUTE ORDER (Text Only Entry) signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 1/21/2026: On 1/15/2026, petitioner filed a motion for temporary restraining order (Doc. No. 14 ). On 1/20/2026, respondents filed their opposition (Doc. No. 17 ) to that motion. Having considered the circumstances of petitioner's current detention and the parties' arguments, the court finds analogous and persuasive the district court's order in Otilio B.F. v. Andrews, No. 1:25-cv-01398-KES-EPG (HC), -- F. Supp. 3d --, 2025 WL 3152480 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 11, 2025), where the district court concluded that the invocation of an automatic stay of release pending appeal pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.19(i)(2) violated the petitioner's procedural due process rights. Here, as in Otilio B.F., petitioner was found eligible for release on bond on July 15, 2025, but was unable to obtain release due to the Department of Homeland Security invoking an automatic stay of his release pending appeal pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.19(i)(2). (Doc. No. 13 at 17-18.) Accordingly, pursuant to the reasoning of the district court in Otilio B.F., petitioner's motion for a temporary restraining order (Doc. No. 14 ) is GRANTED and the court ORDERS the following: (1) Respondents are ORDERED to permit petitioner or petitioner's agent to post bond in the amount determined in the immigration judge's July 15, 2025, bond order and, once that bond amount has been posted, to release petitioner; and (2) Respondents are ENJOINED AND RESTRAINED from re-detaining petitioner for any purpose, absent exigent circumstances, without providing petitioner written notice and a pre-detention hearing before a neutral adjudicator. Under the circumstances of this case, petitioner will not be required to post bond pursuant to Rule 65(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The parties are directed to meet and confer and, if possible, submit a joint proposed briefing schedule and hearing date with respect to any motion for a preliminary injunction no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of entry of this order. (Deputy Clerk PAB) (Entered: 01/21/2026)

Jan 21, 2026

Minute Order AND Order on Motion for TRO

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Feb 20, 2026

Miscellaneous Relief