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Case Information
Filed: August 14, 2026
Assigned to:
John James McConnell Jr.
Referred to:
Patricia A. Sullivan
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause:
28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)
Completed: August 24, 2026
Last Activity:
August 24, 2026
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Docket Entries
#1
Aug 14, 2026
PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5.00 receipt number ARIDC-2324096.), filed by DANIEL VARGAS MESA. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Moreno, Madeleine) (Entered: 08/14/2026)
Main Document:
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus-New Case
#2
Aug 14, 2026
NOTICE of Appearance by Madeleine Moreno on behalf of DANIEL VARGAS MESA (Attachments: # 1 Supplement General Order 2026-01)(Moreno, Madeleine) (Entered: 08/14/2026)
Main Document:
Notice of Appearance
#4
Aug 14, 2026
ORDER re 1 PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Daniel Vargas Mesa. To give the Court time to consider the pending petition, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the petitioner shall not be moved outside the District of Rhode Island without providing the Court with at least 72 hours advance notice of the move and the reason therefore. Any such 72- hour notice period shall commence at the date and time such notice is filed and expire 72 hours later, except [i]f the period would end on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period continues to run until the same time on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a)(2)(C). So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 8/14/2026. (Simoncelli, Michael) (Entered: 08/14/2026)
Main Document:
Order - 72 Hour Habeas Order (Form Attached)
Aug 14, 2026
Case Assigned/Reassigned
Aug 14, 2026
TEXT ORDER re 1 PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Daniel Vargas Mesa. Response to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus due by 8/19/2026. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 8/14/2026. (Simoncelli, Michael)
Aug 14, 2026
Case assigned to Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan. (Simoncelli, Michael)
Aug 14, 2026
Order Directing Response to 2241 Habeas Petition (Immigration Cases)
#6
Aug 19, 2026
NOTICE by Daniel Vargas Mesa (Moreno, Madeleine) (Entered: 08/19/2026)
Main Document:
Notice (Other)
#7
Aug 19, 2026
RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION by TODD BLANCHE, MARKWAYNE MULLIN, US Department of Homeland Security, DAVID VENTURELLA, DAVID T WESLING . (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex 1 to Habeas Response)(Griffin, Trevor) (Entered: 08/19/2026)
Main Document:
Response in Opposition
#8
Aug 19, 2026
REPLY to Response by Daniel Vargas Mesa re: 7 Response to Motion. (Moreno, Madeleine) Clerk's Office corrected docket text on 8/20/2026 to reflect as a reply to a response. (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) (Entered: 08/19/2026)
Main Document:
Response in Opposition
#9
Aug 24, 2026
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 8/24/2026. (Simoncelli, Michael) (Entered: 08/24/2026)
Main Document:
Memorandum and Order AND ~Util - Terminate Motions
#10
Aug 24, 2026
JUDGMENT. So Ordered by Clerk of Court on 8/24/2026. (Simoncelli, Michael) (Entered: 08/24/2026)
Main Document:
Judgment
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