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Warden, IRWIN COUNTY :
DETENTION CENTER, et al.,
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DIS'l'RIC1' OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
M.A.,
v.
Petitioner,
Respondents .
Case No. 7:25-CV-194-WLS-AGH
28 U.S.C. § 2241
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I>e114in.g before the Court is Petiti.c;,ii~t~;~ifrl}c.atio,nfor a writ 0.f habe~$6o\·p,1,l$: :.. . '.,·.; : · 	• 	. 	. 	. ·. 	• •. . ... ,· . .. :.... ·. 	:·· . .• . 	. 	·. . 	. • .. 	. . .• .
(E.CF. N~/ i); Petitioner is a native'ahd ~ttiz~lt~i~iiat~fuala who ei1tered:the .Utiitecl ; ••••	.. 	.. :. . 	. 	.. : ··· . .. . . · ' ·.. . . .. . 	. 	. 	. · ·.. ·.· .. : .. ·. ·.
States hL2006 without inspection and has rosicted in ~he UnitedStntes since. th~n . •
Pet. ,r 27. ·On December 8, 2025, he was taken.into Ui1ited States Immigrati~n and
Customs Enforcement ("ICE") custody a~cl h~sbeen detained since then. 	Pet. l 18, •. •
28. 	Petitioner contends that he is entitled to. a discl'etionary bond hea1·ing under 8
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.U.S;C. § 1226(a). Respondents argue thatPetitioi1eris not entitled to a bond hea1·ing. ' · . . . . . •.. . . ·: .. : ... .: ! • . .. 	• •• 	, . •. • 	•• ·. : ·: :; , , .. , •..- · ... :·· ~-- . 	. . . . 	• 	. · . .. . . : ". ; _.:... • ; .... •
because he, is detained under 8. U$ 0
,~C, -§ 1225(b)(2), ~h.ich manclate.s det~r.tt.i911 fol' 	•	. 	. 	. 	. .. . · .... . · .... 	. . · ··•,,•· . . 	. .. '•. 	. 	. 	•, , . . 	. •'
•A,s ,Re.·spqndents conc:ede1 thoJ'fih/th.~,i$.iμe i?rei,~iite;d. il) this aqtioilisJd~1iti~tiL :•••• ••
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to the issue .the Court decided in J.A ,ki (). Str~eμal, No. 4:25-cv-342-CDL, 2025 wt. ··.. •· .••
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3050094 (M.b. Ga. Nov. 1, 2025) aild P.R.S. v. Sfreeval, No. 4:25-CV-330~QDL, ·2 025 •. 	. 	.· ··. 	. 	• • 	. 	•• 	. 	•
vVL 3269947 (lVI.D. Ga. Nov. 24, 2025). This Qoiu·t hereby adopts the court'$ rationale •
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in J.A.M. and P.R.S and finds that Petitioner's detention is governed by 8 U.S.C. §
1226(a). The Court thus grants Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus to the
extent that the Court orders Respondents to provide Petitioner with a bond hearing
within SEVEN (7) DAYS to determine if Petitioner may be released on bond under
§ 1226(a)(2) and the applicable regulations. See 8 C.F.R. §§ 236.1 & 1236.1.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this {d/,_ day of January 2026.
1/L~W.LOUIS~
U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
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