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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
JOHN ELIAS BAEZ 	:
Petitioner, 	: 	CIVIL ACTION
:
v. 	: 	NO. 26-7654
:
Acting Attorney Gen. TODD BLANCHE, 	:
et al. 	:
:
Respondents. 	:
ORDER
AND NOW, this 13th day of October, 2026, upon consideration of John Elias Baez’s Petition
for Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 1) and the responses and replies thereto, and for the reasons
set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, it is hereby ORDERED that the petition is
GRANTED. It is further ORDERED as follows:
1. 	Respondents shall immediately release John Elias Baez from custody.
2. 	In doing so, Respondents shall not subject Petitioner to any conditions of release
including the imposition of any and all GPS monitoring technology or devices that he was not
subject to before his current detention.
3. 	Respondents shall return Petitioner’s personal property that they seized during his
arrest and detention including his personal identification and documents.
4. 	Respondents shall certify compliance with this order by filing proof of his release
and stating the time and manner of release on the docket no later than 5:00 P.M. E.S.T. on October
14, 2026.
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5. 	Respondents are temporarily enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner for seven days
following his release from custody.
6. 	If, after the seven-day period, Respondents choose to pursue re-detention of
Petitioner, they must demonstrate through constitutionally adequate procedures that detention is
authorized and warranted, including an individualized custody determination and a bond hearing,
at which a neutral immigration judge shall determine whether detention is warranted pending the
resolution of his removal proceedings.
7. 	The Clerk of Court is directed to mark this case as CLOSED.
BY THE COURT:
____________________________
CATHERINE HENRY, J.
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