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D.Y.E.H.,
V,
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
Petitioner,
Case No. 7:25-cv-201-WLS-AGH
28 U.S.C. § 2241
Warden, IRWIN DETENTION
CENTER, et al.,
Respondents.
ORDER
Petitioner 	is 	a 	detainee 	at 	the Irwin 	De.tention 	Center 	awaiting 	removal
proceeditig$, 	Petitioner seeks lh{heal§ .cC>i'.p\iS +elief based 011 Respondeiits' t•efusalto
provide Petitioner with a bond hearing and the opportunity for pre-removal release
while the removal proceedings are pending. 	Respondents conte11d that Petitioner's
detention is mandatol'y m1der 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(l) and/or8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2).
The Court reviewed Petitioner's application. 	The Court finds that Petitioner is
currently detained under 8 U,S,C. § 1226(a) and therefore not subject to tnandatory
detei1tionas reqnired by 8U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2).l See J.A.M. v. Streeval, No,4:25~CV-342: •
CDL, 2025\1/L 3050094(1Vl.D.Ga. Nov;J,.2025); E.R,S. v. Streeva.l, No.4:25,CV-330-.
1 To the. extent that the parties make ai-guments basecl on a belief that Petitionet is a !llem.ber ofthe.
«Bond Eligible Class" certified in Maldonado.Balltista u. Santacruz, No. 5:25-CV-01873-$S$-BFM, 2025
WL 3713987 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 18, 20Z5), anyr11embershipit\ that class has no effect011 the Cotirt'sdecisio1i
for several reasons. 	First, only the named 1,etitioners sought habeas reliefin Maldonado Ba:u.tisto.
Seco11d, the named petitioners did not see!, nationwide habeas relief. Third, in granting declaratory relief,
the California District Court COl'l'.ectlynote.d that habe.as relief could only be affol'ded•to.clas.s me.mbel'S
who were located within the bouhdai·ies of the Centl'a! District of California. Id, at *14 (citing R1unsfeld
u. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 446 (2004) fol' the proposition that "habeas jurisdiction lie[s] 'in only one district:
the. district of confinement'"),
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CDL, 2025 "'L 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 hea6ng 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, thLs 'ftJ.c day ofJaPl~
W. LOUIS SANDS
U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
lvIIDDLE 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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