Singh v. Divver et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
INDERJEET SINGH,
Petitioner,
v.
PATRICK DIVVER; UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY; RYAN HICKS; TODD M.
LYONS; KRISTI NOEM; PAM BONDI;
JEREMY CASEY; ALL PERSONS
HAVING CUSTODY OF THE
PETITIONER,
Respondents.
Case No.: 3:25-cv-3671-JES-BLM
ORDER FOR BOND HEARING
Before the Court is Petitioner Inderjeet Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. Pursuant to the Court’s OSC order, Respondents filed a
response. ECF No. 8. In the response, Respondents acknowledged that Petitioner must be
considered detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), pursuant to the final judgment entered in
Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz, No. 5:25-CV-01873-SSS-BFM, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2025
WL 3289861 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 20, 2025). Accordingly, the Court GRANTS IN PART the
petition as follows:
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(1) The Court ORDERS Respondents to provide Petitioner with a bond
determination hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within ten days of this Order.
At the hearing, Respondents may not deny Petitioner bond on the basis that
he is detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); and
(2) Respondents are ORDERED to File a Notice of Compliance within five days
of providing Petitioner with a bond redetermination hearing, including
apprising the Court of the results of the hearing.
Pending the status report, the Court will hold in abeyance the merits of the remainder of
the relief Petitioner requests in his petition.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 24, 2025
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