District of New Jersey • 3:26-cv-12229

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Sep 16, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number NWK55200.), filed by TEOFILO PORTILLO ORDAZ. (Attachments: # 1 Request for Release, # 2 Envelope)(kht) (Entered: 09/16/2026)

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Sep 16, 2026

Exhibits to 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by TEOFILO PORTILLO ORDAZ. (kht) (Entered: 09/16/2026)

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Sep 16, 2026

ORDER. Respondents are hereby enjoined from transferring Petitioner from New Jersey pending further Order of the Court. Signed by Judge Georgette Castner on 9/16/2026. (jjc, ) (Entered: 09/16/2026)

Sep 16, 2026

Notice of Judicial Preferences. Click here for the Judge's Individual Procedure Requirements. (kht)

Sep 16, 2026

Notice of Judicial Preferences

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Sep 17, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by JESSICA LASERNA on behalf of WARDEN, DELANEY HALL DETENTION FACILITY (LASERNA, JESSICA) (Entered: 09/17/2026)

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Sep 17, 2026

Letter from Respondents Report Petitioner's Location and Requesting to Stay Order re 3 Emergent Immigration Habeas Non-transfer Order. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Form I-830, # 2 Exhibit B - USPS Tracking Details)(LASERNA, JESSICA) (Entered: 09/17/2026)

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Sep 18, 2026

EMERGENCY NOTICE of Transfer and Motion to Enforce 9/16/2026 Order and For Immediate Release by TEOFILO PORTILLO ORDAZ. (kht) (Entered: 09/18/2026)

Sep 18, 2026

Set/Reset Motion and R&R Deadlines/Hearings

Sep 18, 2026

Set Deadlines as to 6 MOTION to Enforce 9/16/2026 Order and For Immediate Release. Motion set for 10/19/2026 before Judge Georgette Castner. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (kht)

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Sep 21, 2026

TEXT ORDER: This matter is before the Court on the Respondent's letter (Letter) "Report Petitioner's Location and Requesting to Stay Order re 3 Emergent Immigration Habeas Non-transfer Order" (ECF No. 5 ) and pro se Petitioner's "EMERGENCY NOTICE of Transfer and Motion to Enforce 9/16/2026 Order and For Immediate Release" (Motion) (ECF No. 6 ). The pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus (Petition) (ECF No. 1 ) was mailed from Stafford, Virginia on September 11, 2026, when Petitioner was detained at the Alexandria Staging Facility, located in Alexandria, Louisiana, and was received by the Clerk of the Court on September 15, 2026, after Petitioner had been transferred to the Florence Staging Facility in Florence, Arizona. (See ECF No. 5 at 1.) "For habeas petitions that challenge present physical confinement, jurisdiction lies in the district of confinement." Benavides Narvaez v. Blanche, Civ. No. 26-5914, 2026 WL 1684393, at *1 (D.N.J. June 19, 2026) (citing Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 443 (2004)). Because the Petition was not mailed from a detention facility, Petitioner does not receive the benefit of the mailbox rule (deeming the petition filed when the detainee provides it to prison officials for mailing, rather than on the day it arrives at the Court). See Longenette v. Kruising, 322 F.3d 758, 761 (3d Cir. 2003). At the time the Petition was filed, Petitioner was confined in the District of Arizona. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631, when a court lacks jurisdiction over a civil action, and it is in the interest of justice, it shall transfer the action to any other court in which the action could have been brought at the time it was filed. The interests of justice weigh in favor of a transfer because, at the relevant time, Petitioner was confined in Arizona, and he challenges this detention as unlawful. See Benavides Narvaez, 2026 WL 1684393, at *1. The Court DENIES the Motion (ECF No. 6 ), and the Clerk of the Court shall TERMINATE the Motion pending at ECF No. 6 . The Court VACATES its September 16, 2026 Order (ECF No. 3 ). The Clerk of the Court SHALL TRANSFER this matter to the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The Clerk of the Court SHALL CLOSE this matter and send a copy of this Text Order to Petitioner by regular U.S. mail at his current address: TEOFILO PORTILLO ORDAZ, A-Number: 222-573-975, Denver Contract Detention Facility, 3130 N. Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010. So Ordered by Judge Georgette Castner on 9/21/2026. (jmh) (Entered: 09/21/2026)

Sep 21, 2026

Order of Dismissal AND Text Order AND ~Util - Terminate Motions

Sep 21, 2026

Case Transferred Out - District Court Transfer

Sep 21, 2026

Docket Annotation (public)

Sep 21, 2026

Case extracted via ECF to the District of Arizona. (jjc, )

Sep 21, 2026

7 Text Order sent to Petitioner at Denver Contract Detention Facility, 3130 N. Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010 via USPS on 9/21/2026. (jmh)

Sep 23, 2026

Case transferred from New Jersey has been opened in DISTRICT OF ARIZONA as case 2:26-cv-06741, filed 09/22/2026. (jal, )

Sep 23, 2026

Docket Annotation (public)

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Oct 02, 2026

Mail Returned as Undeliverable. Mail sent to TEOFILO PORTILLO ORDAZ (kht) (Entered: 10/02/2026)

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Oct 02, 2026

Mail Returned as Undeliverable. Mail sent to TEOFILO PORTILLO ORDAZ (kht) (Entered: 10/02/2026)

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Oct 22, 2026

Mail Returned