Western District of Kentucky • 5:25-cv-00220

#1

Dec 15, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus Filing Fee Paid $5.00 Receipt #AKYWDC-4386404, filed by Ordiang Michell Rodriguez Fermin. (Attachments: # 1 Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit) (DJT) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

#2

Dec 15, 2025

Case Assignment (Random Selection): Case Assigned to Judge Benjamin Beaton. (DJT) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

#3

Dec 15, 2025

MOTION for Andrea Ochoa to Appear Pro Hac Vice Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AKYWDC-4386633. by Petitioner Ordiang Michell Rodriguez Fermin (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order) (Ochoa, Andrea) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

#4

Dec 16, 2025

TEXT ORDER: Under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A), the Court refers this matter to Magistrate Judge King for hearing and determining all pretrial matters, including non-dispositive motions. Judge King may conduct a settlement conference in this matter at any time. This Notice of Electronic Filing is the Official ORDER for this entry. No document is attached.cc: Counsel, LLK-CM (HMC) (Entered: 12/16/2025)

Dec 16, 2025

Order Referring Case to Magistrate Judge

#5

Dec 17, 2025

TEXT ORDER: In response to the petition for a writ of habeas corpus (DN 1 ), the Court directs respondents to show cause, no later than 12/22/2025, why the writ should not be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243. The Government should address the extent (if any) to which the petitioner's apparent parole status affects its analysis or the Court's jurisdiction. The Court also directs the parties to file, no later than 12/22/25, a joint status report or separate letters advising the Court whether they seek a hearing or instead prefer that the Court set a briefing schedule and decide the petition on the papers. The Clerk of Court shall forward by certified mail, return receipt requested, one copy of the petition and this order on each Respondent. This Notice of Electronic Filing is the Official ORDER for this entry. No document is attached.cc: Counsel, Respondents (via certified mail) (HMC) (Entered: 12/17/2025)

#6

Dec 17, 2025

Notice (Other)

Dec 17, 2025

Order - TEXT ONLY

#7

Dec 22, 2025

Status Report

#8

Dec 22, 2025

Response to Order to Show Cause

#9

Dec 23, 2025

Status Report

#10

Dec 23, 2025

TEXT ORDER: In response to the parties' status report (DN 7 ), the Court adopts their proposed briefing schedule and orders the parties to promptly notify the Court regarding the proposed timing and scope of any hearing the Petitioner decides to request. This Notice of Electronic Filing is the Official ORDER for this entry. No document is attached.cc: Counsel (HMC) (Entered: 12/23/2025)

#11

Dec 23, 2025

Order on Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice

Dec 23, 2025

Order - TEXT ONLY

#12

Dec 30, 2025

Reply

#13

Jan 06, 2026

Notice (Other)

#14

Jan 06, 2026

Notice (Other)

#15

Jan 12, 2026

Notice of Appearance

#16

Jan 12, 2026

Response

#17

Mar 09, 2026

Dismiss

#18

Mar 10, 2026

TEXT ORDER: Several habeas petitioners in similar cases have recently informed the Court that they are no longer in custody. Consistent with "the duty of counsel to bring to the federal tribunal's attention, without delay, facts that may raise a question of mootness," Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona, 520 U.S. 43, 68 n.23 (1997) (quotation marks omitted), the Court directs the parties to file a status report, within 7 days, stating whether the Petitioner remains in federal custody. Going forward, the parties must promptly file a status report if and when the Petitioner is released, including by removal or on bond. This Notice of Electronic Filing is the Official ORDER for this entry. No document is attached.cc: counsel (JM) (Entered: 03/10/2026)

Mar 10, 2026

Order - TEXT ONLY

#19

Mar 12, 2026

Status Report

#20

Mar 13, 2026

Status Report

#21

Mar 16, 2026

Status Report

#22

Mar 19, 2026

Notice (Other)