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Juan Manuel Lopez-Campos v. Kevin Raycraft / Juan Carlos Sanchez Alvarez v. Markwayne Mullin / Jose Daniel Contreras-Cervantes v. Kevin Raycraft / Jesus Jose Pizarro Reyes v. Kevin Raycraft

Sixth Circuit · No. 25-1965 / 25-1969 / 25-1978 / 25-1982 · Filed Aug 12, 2025

Latest development

Sixth Circuit detention petition distributed for Supreme Court conference

As of September 14, 2026, the government's certiorari petition in Putra v. Lopez-Campos, No. 25-1415, is distributed for the September 28, 2026 conference.

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

About the case

Lopez-Campos, Sanchez Alvarez, Contreras-Cervantes, and Pizarro Reyes are nationally important because the Sixth Circuit added another published appellate ruling to the fast-moving split over the administration's attempt to treat long-time interior arrestees who entered without inspection as mandatory-detention applicants for admission under INA section 1225(b)(2)(A). The case is now at the Supreme Court petition stage under the caption Putra v. Lopez-Campos (originally Raycraft v. Lopez-Campos), No. 25-1415, while related petitions from the Second and Fifth Circuit cases are also pending.

Relief

The petitioners sought habeas relief requiring treatment under section 1226(a) so that immigration judges could consider release on bond 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.

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