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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
R.O.G.,
Petitioner,
V. 	Case No. 7:26-cv-6•WLS-AGH
28 u.s.c. § 2241
Warden, IRWIN COUNTY
DETENTION CENTER, et al.,
Respoudents,
ORDER
Petitioner is.a d~tainee atthe)rwi1:Couuty Deteutfon Cente1· awaiting rempval •
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pfoGeedings. 	Petitio11ex'• see~shabeas·· coi'pl.ls.reHef basedon .• 'E,esp6ndents' ref\i$ar·•to
provide Petitioner with a bond hearing and the opportunity for pre-removal release
while the removal proceedings are pending. 	Responde11ts contend that Petitioner's	. 	' - 	. 	' 	- • 	. 	' 	' 	.. - 	. 	' 	- . ' .
detention is mandatory underSU.S.C. § 1225(b)(l) and/or 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2).
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The Court reviewed Petitioner's application. 	The Court finds that Petitioner is
currently detained und.er. $ U.S:C. § l226(a) and therefore not si1bject to 111a11datory
detention as reqnired by8 U:S,C. §1225(b)(2).1 See J;A.M. •r. Streeval, Nd. 4:25-cv,342,
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CDL, 2025 WL. 305Q094(1VLD ..Qa.Nov:·1,.2025); P.R.S.viStreeval, No.4:25-CV,ato-	-. ' 	'.· •' 	.. , ' ' ,, 	- 	. 	. 	. 	. 	. .. ,., 	. ,, 	·. , •. ' .... 	'
1 To the extent that the parties make. argun1ents l)ased on a belief that Petitioner is a member of t.he ••
"Bond Eligible Class" certifiedirt Maldonado Bautista v. Bantacmz, No. 0:25,CV-01873-SSS;BFM, 2025.
WL 3713987 (C.D. CaL Dec: 18, 2025), any rtieihbership in that class has 110 effect on thifCou)'t's decision
fo1• sevel'al reasons. 	First, only the named petitioners sought habeas relief in Malclo,wdo Batdis{a.
Second, the named petitioners didnot seek nationwide habeas relief. Thh-d, in graiiting declaratory relief,
the Califgrnia District Court col'l'ectly noted that .ha.beas relief could only be .afforded to class. men\bers
who were located within the boundafies of the Central District of California. Id. at ~14 (citing Rwnsfeld
v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426,446 (2004) for the proposition that "habeas jurisdiction lie[s] 'in onfy one district:
the district of confinement"').
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CDL, 2025 WL 3269947 (M.D. Ga. Nov. 24, 2025). Accordingly, Petitioner's application
for 	habeas corpus relief is granted to 	the 	extent that Respondents 	shall provide
Petitioner with .a bond hearing to determine if the Petitioner may be released on bond
under§ 1226(a)(2) and the applicable regulations. See 8 C.F.R. §§ 236.1 & 1236.1. 2
IT IS SO ORDERED, this /'-{,,μ,_day of January, 2026.
/JL~W.LOUISSA~
U.S. DISTRICT COURT SENIOR JUDGE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
2 The brevity of this order is appropriate given that the issue presented is exactly the same as the issue
previously decided on numerous occasions by the Court and yet Respondent insists upon denying the
relief that the Court has foun.d is required.
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