District of Nevada • 2:26-cv-02471

Aug 11, 2026

Assign Judges in Civil Case

Aug 11, 2026

Case randomly assigned to Chief Judge Andrew P. Gordon and Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler. Nature of Suit: 463 - Habeas Immigration (ALZ)

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Aug 13, 2026

Receipt Initiating Documents

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Aug 13, 2026

Advisory Letter Habeas only - FORM

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Aug 15, 2026

ORDER Appointing Counsel and Deferring Consideration of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 Petition. IT IS ORDERED that the Federal Public Defender for the District of Nevada (FPD) is appointed to represent the petitioner and is directed to file a notice of a ppearance (or indicate its inability to represent the petitioner) within 7 days of the date of this Order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court will: 1. FILE the 1 -1 petition. 2. ADD the USAO to the docket as an Interested Party. Pursuant to District of Nevada's General Order 2026-03, this constitutes service on all federal respondents under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4 and 28 U.S.C. § 2243. 3. SEND a copy of the 1 -1 petition an d this order to the FPD at ecf_nvchu@fd.org, the petitioner, and the CJA Coordinator for this division. 4. ADD John Mattos, Warden, Nevada Southern Detention Center, to the docket as an Interested Party. 5. SEND courtesy copy of the 1 -1 petition and this order to Ashlee Hesman (Mattos's counsel) at ahesman@strucklove.com. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the USAO must file a notice of appearance within 7 days of the date of this order and file and serve thei r answer to the amended petition, if one is filed, within 14 days of service of that filing. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the respondents must not transfer the petitioner out of this District, with the exception of effectuating his lawful deportation, until further order of the court. See order for further details. Signed by Chief Judge Andrew P. Gordon on 8/15/2026. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - AMMi - cc: Petitioner, Mattos, CJA)

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Aug 17, 2026

Petition Writ of Habeas Corpus

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Aug 17, 2026

Notice Other

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Aug 21, 2026

Notice Appearance of Counsel

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Aug 24, 2026

Notice Appearance of Counsel

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Aug 26, 2026

Receipt Payment

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Sep 09, 2026

Petition Writ of Habeas Corpus Amended

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Sep 09, 2026

Exhibit

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Sep 09, 2026

Motion Withdraw as Attorney

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Sep 23, 2026

Response

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Sep 23, 2026

Reply

Sep 23, 2026

Minute Order Recusal

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Sep 24, 2026

Order Reassign Judge

Sep 24, 2026

Clerks Notice Reassign Judge