District of Rhode Island • 1:26-cv-00657

Vega Hernandez v. Nessinger

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Case Information

Filed: September 18, 2026
Assigned to: Mary Susan McElroy
Referred to: Patricia A. Sullivan
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause: 8:1105(a) Aliens: Habeas Corpus to Release INS Detainee
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Last Activity: September 24, 2026
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Docket Entries

#1
Sep 18, 2026
PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5.00 receipt number ARIDC-2338833.), filed by ADIEL ERNESTO VEGA HERNANDEZ. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Hurvich, Carl) (Entered: 09/18/2026)
Main Document: Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus-New Case
#3
Sep 18, 2026
ORDER re 1 PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Adiel Ernesto Vega Hernandez. To give the Court time to consider the pending petition, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the petitioner shall not be moved outside the District of Rhode Island without providing the Court with at least 72 hours advance notice of the move and the reason therefore. Any such 72- hour notice period shall commence at the date and time such notice is filed and expire 72 hours later, except [i]f the period would end on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period continues to run until the same time on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a)(2)(C). So Ordered by District Judge Mary S. McElroy on 9/18/2026. (Hill, Cherelle) (Entered: 09/18/2026)
Main Document: Order - 72 Hour Habeas Order (Form Attached)
Sep 18, 2026
Order Directing Response to 2241 Habeas Petition (Immigration Cases)
Sep 18, 2026
Case Assigned/Reassigned
Sep 18, 2026
TEXT ORDER re 1 PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Adiel Ernesto Vega Hernandez. Response to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus due by 9/23/2026. So Ordered by District Judge Mary S. McElroy on 9/18/2026. (Hill, Cherelle) Modified Text on 9/18/2026 (Hill, Cherelle).
Sep 18, 2026
Case assigned to District Judge Mary S. McElroy and Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan. (Hill, Cherelle)
#4
Sep 21, 2026
MOTION to Transfer Case filed by Todd Blanche, Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, David J. Venturella, David T. Wesling. Responses due by 10/5/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex 1 - ICE Detainee Locator, # 2 Exhibit Ex 2 - Manifest of Flight Mission, # 3 Exhibit Ex 3 - Communications Re: Flight Mission)(Griffin, Trevor) (Entered: 09/21/2026)
Main Document: Transfer Case
Sep 22, 2026
TEXT ORDER. Respondents' Motion to Transfer Case (ECF No. 4) asserts that the Petitioner was not in the District of Rhode Island when the Petition was filed, but it relies on unauthenticated exhibits and an unsworn representation. By the close of business on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, the Respondents shall file a sworn declaration from an individual(s) with personal knowledge establishing the date and time the Petitioner was released from the Wyatt Detention Facility, boarded Mission #26-008432, and was booked into the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center. The declarations shall attach the following: (1) Wyatts release or transfer records for the Petitioner; (2) the ICE Form I-216; (3) records of the Petitioner's ground transport from Wyatt to Hanscom Field; (4) the final flight manifest and any boarding or head-count confirmation for Mission #26-008432; and (5) Pine Prairie intake and booking records showing date and time. Information identifying other detainees may be redacted. The Court will then determine whether an evidentiary hearing is necessary. So Ordered by District Judge Mary S. McElroy on 9/22/2026. (Potter, Carrie)
Sep 22, 2026
Order
#5
Sep 23, 2026
Notice (Other)
Main Document: Notice (Other)
#6
Sep 24, 2026
Notice (Other)
Main Document: Notice (Other)