Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02342

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Dec 12, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10643972.), filed by Omar Garcia Vargas. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Pachuta, Lysandra) (Entered: 12/12/2025)

Dec 12, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles and Magistrate Judge Lindsey R. Vaala. (wgar, )

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Dec 15, 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.r.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 currently outside of this Courts 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 22, 2025, Petitioner's counsel file 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. (see order for details) Signed by District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on 12/15/2025. (dvanm) (Entered: 12/16/2025)

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Dec 16, 2025

Petitioner's Proposed Release Plan by Omar Garcia Vargas. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Release plan exhibits)(Pachuta, Lysandra) (Entered: 12/16/2025)

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Dec 22, 2025

NOTICE of Appearance by Meghan Elizabeth Loftus on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Loftus, Meghan) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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Dec 22, 2025

Opposition to 1 PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Loftus, Meghan) (Entered: 12/22/2025)

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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 days (21) 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, Omar Garcia-Vargas, 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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Jan 11, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Kristi Noem, Joseph Simon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Schmidt, Robert) (Entered: 01/11/2026)