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P.V.H.,
v.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
Petitioner,
Case No. 7:26-cv-013-WLS-CHW
28 U.S.C. § 2241
Warden, IRWIN COUNTY
DETENTION CENTER, et al.,
Respondents.
ORDER
I'etitioner is a detainee at the Irw:in Coμnty Pete11tion Center awaitingt:(lfoo;al. •
proceedi:μ.gs. 	Petitioner seeks habeas. corpμs relief based on Respondents;. r~fusafto
provide Petitioner with a bond hearing and the opportunity for pre-rem.oval release
while the removal proceedings are pending. 	Respondents contend that Petitioner's	. 	. 	. 	. 	.. -.
detention is mandatory under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(l) and/or 8 U.S.C. § 1225(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 subject to mandatory
\'.letention as required by 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2). 1 See J.A.lvL v. Btreeval, No. 4:.25°Dv:34z••
CDL, 2025 WL 3050094 (1\1.D. Ga. Nov, l,•20~5); E'.itS. v, Streeval, No. 4:25,Q'V,330; ·••••
1 To the extent that the parties make argun1ents bMed on a belief that Petitioner is a h1e1nbei' of the
"Bond.Eligible Class" certified in Maldonado Bautista v. Bantacl'uz, No. 5:25-CV-01873-SSS-BFM, 2025
WL 3713987 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 18, 2025), any men\bership in th!\t cl,iss has no effect 011. the Cohrt's decision
for sevei•al reasons. 	First, only the named Petitibher$ .sought habeas relief in Maldonado Bautl'.sta.
Second,the named petitione1·s did not seek nationwid~ habeas relief. Third, in granting declaratoryl'elief,
the Cl,ilifornia District Court correctly noted tha.t habeas 1·elief could only be afforded to class members
who were located within the boundaries of the Central District ofCalifornia. Id. at *14 (citinrRumsfeld
v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 446 (2004) for the proposition that 0habeas jurisdiction lie[s] 'in only 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 :i../4J!day of January, 2026.
/tLL~~w. LOUIS SANDS
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 found is required.
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