Western District of Pennsylvania • 3:25-cv-00521

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Dec 15, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing fee $5, receipt number APAWDC-9250651), filed by MANUEL RAX TEC. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Proposed Order, # 3 Exhibit A, # 4 Exhibit B, # 5 Exhibit C, # 6 Exhibit D, # 7 Exhibit E, # 8 Exhibit F, # 9 Exhibit G, # 10 Exhibit H, # 11 Exhibit I, # 12 Exhibit J) (Major, Lauren) (Entered: 12/15/2025)

Dec 16, 2025

CLERK'S NOTICE OF CORRECTION re 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. ERROR: Attorney signature does not comply with requirements (missing attorney email address, telephone number, and bar ID number). CORRECTION FOR FUTURE FILINGS: Attorney directed to comply with all requirements of LCvR 5.2(B) in all future filings. THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THE FILING AT ISSUE. (keh)

Dec 16, 2025

Magistrate Judge Keith A. Pesto added. (keh)

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Dec 23, 2025

MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by MANUEL RAX TEC. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order, # 2 Exhibit A) (Major, Lauren) (Entered: 12/23/2025)

Dec 23, 2025

w/ 2 BRIEF in Support re 2 Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by MANUEL RAX TEC. (keh)

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Dec 31, 2025

RULE and ORDER directing the Marshal to make service of the petition and this Rule and Order on the respondents and the United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, costs to be advanced by the petitioner. Within sixty days of service, respondent, through the United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, shall file a response to the allegations in the petition for the writ of habeas corpus, showing cause, if any, why the writ should not be granted. Signed by Magistrate Judge Keith A. Pesto on 12/31/2025. (bgs) (Entered: 12/31/2025)

#4

Jan 07, 2026

CONSENT to Trial/Jurisdiction by US Magistrate Judge OR District Judge Option, by MANUEL RAX TEC. (Major, Lauren) (Entered: 01/07/2026)

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Feb 06, 2026

MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by MANUEL RAX TEC. (Attachments: # 1 Supplement Memorandum of Law, # 2 Proposed Order, # 3 Exhibit A, # 4 Exhibit B, # 5 Exhibit C) (Major, Lauren) Brief in Support removed from public view and refiled at 7 . Modified text on 2/6/2026. (keh) (Entered: 02/06/2026)

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Feb 06, 2026

TEXT ORDER: In his Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (T.R.O.), ECF No. 5, Petitioner seeks his immediate release. Seeking immediate release goes beyond the "limited nature of a [T.R.O.]" and instead requests "mandatory, affirmative relief[,]" which may not be afforded via a T.R.O. Hope v. Warden York County Prison (Hope I), 956 F.3d 156, 162 (3d Cir. 2020) (finding that where the district court purported to enter an ex parte T.R.O. but directed the release of twenty petitioners, the relief altered the status quo, exceeding the temporary and limited nature of a [T.R.O.]) (citing Granny Goose Foods Inc. v. Brotherhood of Teamsters and Auto Truck Drivers Local, 415 U.S. 423, 439 (1974)). Therefore, Petitioners 5 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order is DENIED. The jurisdiction of this case is returned to the Magistrate Judge for further proceedings. Signed by Judge Stephanie L. Haines on 2/6/2026. Text-only entry; no PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (cag) Modified text on 2/6/2026. (map) (Entered: 02/06/2026)

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Feb 06, 2026

BRIEF in Support re 5 Motion for TRO filed by MANUEL RAX TEC. (keh) (Entered: 02/06/2026)

Feb 06, 2026

Judge Stephanie L. Haines added. District Judge Stephanie L. Haines presiding and Magistrate Judge Keith A. Pesto referred. (dmh)

Feb 06, 2026

CLERK'S NOTICE OF CORRECTION re 5 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order . ERROR: Document should have been filed as two separate documents. CORRECTION FOR FUTURE FILINGS: Attorney advised that in the future all documents of that nature are to be filed separately. Clerk docketed Brief in Support at 7 . THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THE FILING AT ISSUE. (keh)

Feb 06, 2026

Order on Motion for TRO

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Jul 08, 2026

Report and Recommendation

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Aug 11, 2026

MEMORANDUM ORDER - IT IS ORDERED that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus (ECF No. 1 ) hereby is GRANTED. Respondents are directed to provide Petitioner with the statutory process required under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), which includes a bond h earing before a neutral immigration judge within thirty (30) days of this Order; and, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the bond hearing shall include an individualized determination of whether Petitioner poses a danger to the community or a flight risk und er the ordinary § 1226(a) framework. The immigration judge shall state the reasons for the custody determination orally on the record or in writing. If bond is denied, the immigration judge shall identify the principal facts and evidence relied upon in determining that Petitioner poses a danger to the community, a flight risk, or both. Nothing in this Order requires the immigration judge to reach any particular custody determination; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Petitioner is not provi ded with a bond hearing by the timeframe specified, or if the immigration judge declines to conduct a bond hearing based on Matter of Yajure Hurtado, 29 I&N Dec. 216 (BIA 2025) or related grounds that this Court has rejected, the writ shall issue and Respondents shall immediately release Petitioner from custody; and, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Ormsby's Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 12 ) is adopted in part as the Opinion of the Court; and, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that th e Motion for Preliminary Injunction (ECF No. 2 ) is denied as moot; and, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to mark this matter closed, and as more fully stated in said Memorandum Order. Signed by Judge Stephanie L. Haines on 8/11/2026. (dlg)

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Aug 11, 2026

Judgment (Rule 58)

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Aug 14, 2026

Reconsideration