Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02322

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Dec 11, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing Fee $5 receipt number AVAEDC-10640029), filed by Jose Mendoza Bruno. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Civil Cover Sheet)(Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

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Dec 11, 2025

MOTION to appear Pro Hac Vice by Jessica Dawgert and Certification of Local Counsel Eileen Blessinger. Filing Fee $75, receipt number AVAEDC-10640053 by Jose Mendoza Bruno. (Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

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Dec 11, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Garry D. Hartlieb on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Jeffrey Crawford, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem (Hartlieb, Garry) (Entered: 12/11/2025)

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Dec 11, 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.T.C. v. Dean Foods Co., 384 U.S. 597, 603 (1966) ("The All Writs Act, 28 U.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 in the process of being transferred outside of the Court's jurisdiction, he must be returned to this jurisdiction unless and until the Court issues a contrary order. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/11/2025. SEE ORDER FOR FURTHER DETAILS. (wgar, ) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

Dec 11, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and U.S. Magistrate Judge William B. Porter. (triv)

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Dec 12, 2025

ORDER granting 2 MOTION for Pro hac vice. Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/12/2025. (Giles, Patricia) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

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Dec 17, 2025

Opposition to 1 PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Pamela Bondi, Jeffrey Crawford, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit FREX 1)(Hartlieb, Garry) (Entered: 12/17/2025)

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Dec 18, 2025

Proposed Release Plan in re 4 ORDER. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/18/2025)

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Dec 18, 2025

Reply to 6 Opposition filed by Jose Mendoza Bruno. (Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/18/2025)

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Dec 22, 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 Respondents are ENJOINED from denying Petitioner release on bond on the basis that he is subject to mandatory detention pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); 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 12/22/2025. See Order for further details. (triv) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Dec 22, 2025

CLERK'S JUDGMENT entered in favor of the Petitioner, Jose Mendoza Bruno, in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 58. Signed by Clerk on 12/22/2025. (triv) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Dec 30, 2025

NOTICE of Material Misstatement of Fact by Jose Mendoza Bruno (Blessinger, Eileen) (Entered: 12/30/2025)