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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
O.L.M.,
Petitioner,
V.
Warden, IRWIN COUNTY
DETENTION CENTER, et al.,
Respondents.
Case No. 7:26-cv-015,WLS-CHW
28 u.s.c. § 2241
ORDER
•• Petitioner is .a detainee ~tthe Irwin County Detentioh Center awaiting 1·em~val •	- 	'' 	._, ' ' . 	. 	·,- 	_- 	' 	'_-,, 	' 	' •' .. 	-. 	··-- ',•
•pt'QCee<:Hngs. 	Pet1tt6her $e(lks .·luil;ieas -OorptlS·· relief ba's!Jd ()ii•. gel{po11dehts'Xl;lfusa1.·to
provide Petitioner With a bond hearini; and the opportunity forpre,removal release
while the removal pl'oceedings al'e pending. 	Respondents c:ont()nd that Petitioner's
detention is mandatory under$ U.S.C. § 1225(b)(l) and/or 8 lJ.S.C. § 1225(b)(2) .. • •
The Court reviewed Petitioner's application. 	The Cot\rt finds that Petitionel' is
curre11tly detained undel' .8 U .. S.C. § l226(a) and therefore not subject to mandatory .·
dete11tionas reqtlire~hy$U.S.C. §122ff(b).(2). 1 See J.A.M.v. Streevgl,No, f2tl;CV-342-
CDLr2025 WL .30150094{1\if]), Ga; Nov, 1, .2025); P.RB.··V, Streevat, No,.4:25-C\7°330-
- 	'.. ,' ·, '., ".. _:. 	. '· _· ,-. ''." :'·_· '. <: 	' .-·. - 	' 	' 	_-: . . ' ·.. -., 	•• ,' ' ..- 	; ' 	' -·' •
I Sii\1ilar1) situated p~titi611e;'S hai,ie 1nade arguments based ·of! a bJ!ief th~t.tliey are hi<1111blirS·dfthe •.••
"Bo11d Eligible Class" certified in Mdldohai;lo Bcintista v. Sa.ntacrμz; No. 5:25cCV-0187$-SSS,BFM, 2(i~5 •
WL.3713987 (C.D. CaL Dec, 18, 2025).To any extent that the parties in this case make arguments based
ona belief that Petitioneris a11ien1ber of thatclass, a11y membership in that class has 110 effett on.the
Court's dedsion for several i'easons. First, only the named petitionei's sottgllthabeas relief iii Maldonado
Bai1ti'.sta. 	Second, the nan,ed petitionei's did not seek nationwide habe.as. relief. 	Third, in granting
declarntory relief, the California Distdct Court correctly noted that habeas reHefcould only be afro1·ded
to class members who were lpcated within the bb\\ndaries of the Ce1ttral D.\stricto.f Califoi'nia. Id. at ·• 14.
(citing Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426,446 (2004) for the proposition that "habeasjtirisdiction liefs] '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~day of January, 2026.
M~w. LOUIBSANDS
U.S. DISTRICT COURT SENIOR JUDGE
MIDDLEDISTRIOT OF GEORGIA
2 The brevity of this orde1· 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 hasfound is required.
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