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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
F.G.D.)
Petitioner,
v.
Warden) IRWIN COUNTY
DETENTION CENTER, et al.,
Respondents.
CASE NO.: 7:26-CV-9 (\nS-AGH)
Petitioner is a -detainee at the frwin Detention Center awaiting removal proceedings.
Petitioner seeks habeas corpus relief based on Respondents'. refusal to provide Petitioner with
a borid hearing and the ()pportunity for pre-removal.telea.sewhile the removal proceedings are
pending. 	Respondents contend that Petitioner's d~tention is mandatory under 8 U.S.C. §
1225(b)(1) and/or 8 U.S.C. § 122S(b)(2).
The Court reviewed Petitioner's application. 	The Court finds that Petitioner is
currently detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) and therefore not sul:>ject to mandato1y detention
as requiredby 8 U.S.C. § 1225(6)(2). 1 See J.A.1W. 11, Strteval, No. 4:25...CV-342-CDL, 2O25\XIL
3050094 (M.D. Ga: Nov. 1, 2025); P.RS. v. Streeiwl,~o. 4:25~GV-J30-CDL, 2025\VL3269947
(M.D: (3a. f'lm,;, 24, 2Q25). 	Accordingly, Petltlqn:e(sippli¢ati011 for .habe"s corpus relief is
l To the_ :extei1f thatJbf p;tties make argume1its. b;uied _Ott ~;,bilief tliat I?etiiiQne~ti: a• Jnhnber of th~ \I361jd
Eligible Clas~t c~r~fie~ jtt Ma!do1u1do. Batllista v. Santac,,rz,: N"9; $;2s~c::y.:Qt8n--S$$-aI<M, 2025 WL 371P?87'
(C.D. CaL·-D~c.·1 ~. ·2025);'ahy me1nbership in that class_has'.11◊-~ffoct'bt\th.e•CotiH's d~dsiotifor seve~al±ea~otut>
First, only .• we•ni111edpet,id()ners sought habeas relief in_Mdld,01idiojfi111(isiq'.> p(!~On.d.,:thei1a01e_ci-petitibners:aid :
notseekt~iitiqmvide h11beas relief. Third, fo granting dedaratl)t'.yJ¢llef,:the CalifQJ;!liaDfatrkt Court C:Oxtectiy-
liOted. that h~P~.s. ~egefp:>tild only be afforded to _das~ 111,eri\~¢~~-:wtw:\~¢re ,l9c~tecl ,v,itgin tl~e. boun~~#etqf.
the Centrall)istrict of California. Id. at *14 (citing P.Jm1sfcld v.Patlilla,542U.S.A26,446 (2004) for the proposition
that "habeas jurisdiction lie[s] 'in only one district: the district ofc(:m.finep;ie1_1t;;').	. 	.
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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
SO ORDERED, this YA day of January, 2026.
W~~~~GEUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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2 Thebrevtty of this order is appropriate givettthatthe.issue p~~sentedJ~ exactly the sattie RS the issue previottsly· "-••
decided on numerous occasions by the Court and yetRespo11deni: insists upon denying the relief that the Court
has found is requited. 	•
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