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Cases · No-bond detention for people who entered without inspection

Victor Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi

Fifth Circuit · No. 25-20496 · Filed Oct 24, 2025

Latest development

Fifth Circuit detention petition distributed for Supreme Court conference

As of September 14, 2026, the Supreme Court certiorari petition in Buenrostro-Mendez v. Blanche, No. 26-43, is distributed for the September 28, 2026 conference.

Status as of
September 14, 2026
Docket reviewed through
September 9, 2026

About the case

Buenrostro-Mendez is nationally important because it is the first published court-of-appeals decision to adopt the administration's interpretation of INA section 1225(b)(2) for long-time residents encountered in the interior after entry without inspection. The case is now part of the Supreme Court-stage mandatory-detention split: petitioners filed a certiorari petition in No. 26-43 asking the Court to review the Fifth Circuit rule while parallel petitions from the Second and Sixth Circuit cases are also pending.

Relief

The habeas petitioners seek recognition that they are detained under section 1226(a), which would entitle them to individualized bond hearings rather than mandatory detention.

What's next

The next major milestone is the Court's decision whether to grant review in the mandatory-detention split after the September 28 conference.

New on the docket, not yet reviewed

Nothing new since the last review.

Reviewed events

  1. Supreme Court distributed Fifth Circuit detention petition for conference

    Victor Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi · 5th Cir. · Source

  2. Petitioners sought Supreme Court review of Fifth Circuit mandatory-detention ruling

    Victor Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi · 5th Cir. · Source

  3. Fifth Circuit upheld mandatory-detention reading in consolidated appeal

    Victor Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi · 5th Cir. · Source

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