Eastern District of Virginia • 1:25-cv-02489

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Dec 29, 2025

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number AVAEDC-10673804.), filed by Salvador Perez Valle. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet with Attachment, # 2 Exhibit Exh. A, SPV Declaration)(Kornya, Alexander) (Entered: 12/29/2025)

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Dec 29, 2025

Motion to appear Pro Hac Vice by Megan Elizabeth Elman-Welch and Certification of Local Counsel Alexander Vincent Kornya Filing fee $ 75, receipt number AVAEDC-10673819. by Salvador Perez Valle. (Kornya, Alexander) (Entered: 12/29/2025)

Dec 29, 2025

Initial Case Assignment to District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema and Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick. (Dest)

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Dec 31, 2025

ORDER granting 2 Motion for Pro hac vice. Appointed Megan E. Elman-Welch for Salvador Perez Valle. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 12/31/2025. (kgall) (Entered: 12/31/2025)

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Dec 31, 2025

ORDERED that petitioner IS NOT to be removed or transferred from this district for any reason without this Court's permission. ORDERED that on or before 5:00 PM on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, the federal respondents file either a Notice indicating that the factual and legal issues presented in this Petition do not differ in any material fashion from those presented in Ceba Cinta v. Noem. et al., 1:25-cv-1818 (E.D. Va.), or an Opposition to the Petition discussing the material differences between Ceba Cinta and this Petition. ORDERED that if the federal respondents file a Notice that there are no material differences between this Petition and Ceba Cinta, each of the substantive filings in that habeas proceeding will be incorporated into this habeas proceeding, and this Court will issue a ruling without further filings from the parties. ORDERED that if the federal respondents file an Opposition to the Petition, petitioner shall file any reply in further support of the Petition on or before 5:00 PM on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 12/31/2025. (kgall) (Entered: 12/31/2025)

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Jan 07, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by Christian James Cooper on behalf of Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem (Cooper, Christian) (Entered: 01/07/2026)

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Jan 07, 2026

NOTICE by Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem re 4 Order,,,, (Cooper, Christian) (Entered: 01/07/2026)

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Jan 08, 2026

ORDERED that Perez Valle's Petition, [Dkt. No. 1], is GRANTED, and it is hereby ORDERED that Perez Valle be promptly released from custody, with all his personal property, pending his bond hearing before an Immigration Judge. Perez Valle must live at a fixed address which he must provide to the federal respondents; and it is further ORDERED that respondents provide Perez Valle with a standard bond hearing before an Immigration Judge pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within 14 days of the date of this Order; and it is further ORDERED that respondents be and are ENJOINED from denying bond to Perez Valle on the basis that he is detained pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); and it is further ORDERED that, if Perez Valle is granted bond, respondents be and are ENJOINED from invoking the automatic stay provision at 8 C.F.R. § 1003.19(i)(2); and it is further ORDERED that respondents file a status report with this Court within 3 days of the bond hearing, stating whether Perez Valle has been granted bond, and, if his request for bond was denied, the reasons for that denial (see Order for further details). Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 1/8/2026. (Dest) (Entered: 01/08/2026)

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Jan 08, 2026

CLERK'S JUDGMENT is hereby entered in accordance with Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in favor of Petitioner Salvador Perez Valle and against the Respondents Pamela Bondi, Kristi Noem, Russell Hott, and Paul Perry. Entered by Clerk on 1/8/2026. (Dest) (Entered: 01/08/2026)

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Jan 16, 2026

STATUS REPORT by Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem. (Schmidt, Robert) (Entered: 01/16/2026)