District of Nebraska • 8:26-cv-00492

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Sep 01, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the amount of $ 5, receipt number 8075953; filed on behalf of pro se petitioner Brayan Alexander Galdamez. (LKO) (Entered: 09/01/2026)

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Sep 01, 2026

MEMORANDUM in support of Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1 on behalf of Petitioner Brayan Alexander Galdamez. (LKO) (Entered: 09/01/2026)

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Sep 01, 2026

NOTICE by Clerk acknowledging receipt of complaint filed by a pro se party. (Copy mailed to pro se party) (LKO) (Entered: 09/01/2026)

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Sep 01, 2026

TEXT ORDER: The petitioner alleges that he is being held in immigration detention by federal authorities, but the only named respondent is a state official. A person who is subject to service of process and whose joinder will not deprive the court of subject-matter jurisdiction, however, must be joined as a party if in that person's absence, the Court cannot accord complete relief, or the person has an interest in the subject of the action that might not be protected if the action was disposed of in the person's absence. Fed. R. Civ. P. 19(a)(1); see also Rivero-Tapanes v. Rokosky, No. 26-CV-1542, 2026 WL 1469826 (D. Ariz. May 26, 2026). Therefore, in order to ensure complete relief, the Court will join Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd W. Blanche as Respondents to this action. Rivero-Tapanes, 2026 WL 1469826, at *4; see generally Rule 19(a)(2); Fed. R. Civ. P. 21. Ordered by Senior District Judge John M. Gerrard. (DCD) (Entered: 09/01/2026)

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Sep 01, 2026

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE - The respondents shall, on or before September 8, 2026, make a return certifying the true cause and proper duration of the petitioner's detention and showing cause why the writ should not be granted. The respondents' answer must include: a. Such affidavits and exhibits as are necessary to establish the lawfulness of the petitioner's detention in light of the issues raised in the petition; b. Such affidavits and exhibits as are necessary to establish the circumstances of the petitioner's initial contact with U.S. immigration officials, the basis for and conditions of his release from custody, if any, and a procedural history of his immigration and release status from the time of his initial encounter with U.S. immigration officials to the present; c. A reasoned memorandum of law and fact explaining the respondents' legal position on the petitioner's claims; d.The government's position on whether an evidentiary hearing should be conducted; and e. Whether petitioner was arrested pursuant to a warrant and, if so, a copy of that warrant. The petitioner may reply in support of the petition on or before September 15, 2026. The respondents are enjoined from removing the petitioner from the United States and from the District of Nebraska until further order of the Court. If the petitioner has already been removed from Nebraska, the respondents are ordered to immediately return the petitioner to Nebraska. Ordered by Senior Judge John M. Gerrard. (Copy mailed to pro se party) (LKO) (Entered: 09/01/2026)

Sep 01, 2026

Order

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Sep 02, 2026

RESPONSE regarding Order to Show Cause,,,,,, 5 by Attorney Grant K. Dugdale on behalf of Respondent Warden, McCook Detention Center.(Dugdale, Grant) (Entered: 09/02/2026)

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Sep 08, 2026

RESPONSE regarding Brief 2, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, 1 by Attorney Shereece A. Dendy-Sanders on behalf of Respondents Todd W. Blanche, Markwayne Mullin.(Dendy-Sanders, Shereece) (Entered: 09/08/2026)

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Sep 08, 2026

INDEX in support of Response 7 by Attorney Shereece A. Dendy-Sanders on behalf of Respondents Todd W. Blanche, Markwayne Mullin.(Dendy-Sanders, Shereece) (Entered: 09/08/2026)

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Sep 08, 2026

DECLARATION regarding Response 7, Index 8 by Attorney Shereece A. Dendy-Sanders on behalf of Respondents Todd W. Blanche, Markwayne Mullin. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex. A - Warrant, # 2 Exhibit Ex. B - NTA, # 3 Exhibit Ex. C - IJ Order)(Dendy-Sanders, Shereece) (Entered: 09/08/2026)

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Sep 08, 2026

Certificate regarding Declaration, 9, Response 7, Index 8 by Attorney Shereece A. Dendy-Sanders on behalf of Respondents Todd W. Blanche, Markwayne Mullin.(Dendy-Sanders, Shereece) (Entered: 09/08/2026)

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Sep 16, 2026

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (filing 1 ) is conditionally granted. The government shall provide the petitioner with a constitutionally sufficient detention hearing on or before September 30, 2026. If the gove rnment does not provide the petitioner with a detention hearing as required, the petitioner must be immediately released from detention. If an immigration judge determines the petitioner should be released on bond, or if the petitioner is released be cause a detention hearing was not held, the government shall return the petitioner to Des Moines, Iowa or provide him with the means to return there. On or before October 5, 2026, the government shall provide the Court with a status update regarding the bond hearing or, if no bond hearing was held, advise the Court regarding the petitioner's release. Ordered by Senior Judge John M. Gerrard. (Copy mailed to pro se party) (LKO)

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Sep 16, 2026

Judgment - Pro Se