Eastern District of California • 1:26-cv-07377

#1

Sep 14, 2026

PETITION for WRIT of HABEAS CORPUS against Todd Blanche, Markwayne Mullin, San Francisco Field Office Director, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Warden / Officer in Charge, California City Immigration Processing Center by Gerson Alexander Maravilla Perez. (Filing fee $ 5, receipt number ACAEDC-13868517) (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit, # 4 Exhibit, # 5 Exhibit, # 6 Exhibit, # 7 Exhibit, # 8 Exhibit, # 9 Exhibit, # 10 Exhibit, # 11 Exhibit, # 12 Exhibit)(Bautista, Cynthia) Modified on 9/17/2026 (HAH). (Entered: 09/14/2026)

#2

Sep 14, 2026

IMMIGRATION NEW CASE DOCUMENTS (Attachments: # 1 Consent Form) (Deputy Clerk ED) (Entered: 09/14/2026)

#3

Sep 14, 2026

DESIGNATION of COUNSEL FOR SERVICE. Added attorney Carmen Idalia Paniagua for Respondents. (Paniagua, Carmen) Modified on 9/17/2026 (HAH). (Entered: 09/14/2026)

#4

Sep 16, 2026

MINUTE ORDER issued by Courtroom Deputy for Magistrate Judge Sean C. Riordan on 9/16/2026 DIRECTING Respondents to show cause why the writ should not be granted by filing an answer within 7 days. Petitioner may file a reply within 3 days after being served a copy of it. Absent a further order of the court, the petition will be taken under submission after the filing of the reply. The parties shall inform the court as expeditiously as possible in the event that petitioner obtains an immigration bond and it is paid resulting in his/her release or that a travel document is obtained for petitioner that will result in his/her imminent removal from this country. Either party shall update the court by filing a Notice of Changed Circumstances that informs the court of the circumstances that have changed. To ensure this Court's jurisdiction to resolve the pending § 2241 petition, Respondents shall not transfer Petitioner to another detention center outside of this judicial district, pending further order of the Court. Parties must review this MINUTE ORDER Document which is a scheduling order. [See attached for details.] (Deputy Clerk SH) (Entered: 09/16/2026)

#5

Sep 30, 2026

FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Sean C. Riordan on 09/29/2026 RECOMMENDING that: Petitioner's 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus be granted on count one, re-detention without a pre-deprivation hearing; Respondent[s] be ordered to immediately release Petitioner Gerson Alexander Maravilla Perez (A# 204-601-265), from their custody subject to the same conditions of release that he was subject to in January 2022; At the time of release, Respondents be required to return all of Petitioner's documents and possessions; If the government seeks to re-detain Petitioner, it must provide no less than 7 days of notice to Petitioner and provide Petitioner with a bond hearing before an immigration judge at which the government must prove by clear and convincing evidence that Petitioner is a flight risk or danger to the community such that his re-detention is warranted; Any final order entered in this case not address the circumstances in which Respondents may detain Petitioner in the event Petitioner becomes subject to an executable final order of removal and Petitioner receives notice of that final order of removal; and that the Clerk be directed to serve the California City Detention Facility with any order for release and enter judgment for Petitioner and to close this case. Referred to Judge Dale A. Drozd. Objections due within 3 days after being served with these findings and recommendations. (Deputy Clerk KS) (Entered: 09/30/2026)

#6

Oct 09, 2026

DESIGNATION of COUNSEL FOR SERVICE. Attorney Shelley D. Weger, GOVT added for All Respondents. Attorney Carmen Idalia Paniagua terminated. (Weger, Shelley) Modified on 10/13/2026 (KS). (Entered: 10/09/2026)

#7

Oct 21, 2026

ORDER signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 10/20/26 ADOPTING 5 Findings and Recommendations in full; GRANTING 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus as follows: Respondents are ORDERED to IMMEDIATELY RELEASE petitioner Gerson Alexander Maravilla Perez, A-File No. 204-601-265, from respondents' custody on the same conditions, if any, he was subject to prior to his re-detention on or about 06/25/2026; Respondents are ENJOINED and RESTRAINED from re-detaining petitioner for any purpose, absent exigent circumstances, without written notice and a hearing before an immigration judge where respondents will have the burden of establishing that petitioner is either a danger or flight risk by clear and convincing evidence; and the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment in favor of petitioner and close this case. CASE CLOSED. (cc California City) (Deputy Clerk JAW) (Entered: 10/21/2026)

#8

Oct 21, 2026

JUDGMENT dated *10/21/26* pursuant to order signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 10/20/26 in favor of Petitioner against Respondent. (Deputy Clerk JAW) (Entered: 10/21/2026)