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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
COLUMBUS DIVISION
E.A.R.F., 	:
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Petitioner, 	:
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v. 	: 	Case No. 4:25-cv-470-CDL-ALS
: 	28 U.S.C. § 2241
Warden, STEWART DETENTION 	:
CENTER, et al., 	:
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Respondents. 	:
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ORDER
Based on the present record, the Court finds that Petitioner is not a class member of the Bond
Eligible Class certified in Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz, No. 5:25-CV-01873-SSS-BFM, 2025 WL
3288403 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 25, 2025) because Petitioner was apprehended on arrival in the United States
and the certified class is defined to include only noncitizens who “were not or will not be apprehended
upon arrival.” Id. at *9. The Court further finds that Petitioner is currently detained under 8 U.S.C.
§ 1226(a) and that Petitioner is not subject to mandatory detention. See J.A.M. v. Streeval, No. 4:25-CV-
342-CDL, 2025 WL 3050094 (M.D. Ga. Nov. 1, 2025); P.R.S. v. Streeval, No. 4:25-CV-330-CDL, 2025
WL 3269947 (M.D. Ga. Nov. 24, 2025). Accordingly, Petitioner’s motion for habeas corpus relief is
granted to the extent that Respondents shall provide Petitioner with a bond hearing to determine if
Petitioner may be released on bond under § 1226(a)(2) and the applicable regulations. See 8 C.F.R.
§§ 236.1 & 1236.1.1
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 2nd day of January, 2026.
s/Clay D. Land
CLAY D. LAND
U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
1 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 Respondents insist upon denying the relief that the Court has found is required.
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