https://passimai.com/litigation/issues/detention-without-bond/ 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z Passim https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-6842-rodriguez-vazquez-v-bostock/#2026-10-28-b67953d2cb 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

The government asks the Court to hold the petition pending Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104. The official docket sets a November 30 response deadline; review has not been granted.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca2-25-3141-cunha-v-freden/#2026-10-28-b46bcd8a1c 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

The Court granted an extension: the joint appendix and petitioner’s merits brief are due November 30, 2026, and the respondent’s merits brief is due January 13, 2027. This scheduling order does not decide the detention question.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-26-50183-26-50219-26-50221-ignacio-sosnava-rodriguez-v-sylvester-ortega-alejandro-villegas-angel-v-markwayne-mullin-miguel-angel-gomez-alvarado-v-miguel-vergara/#2026-10-23-427d05b1b5 2026-10-23T00:00:00Z

The court rejected the three petitioners’ due-process claims concerning bond hearings and detention duration under section 1225(b)(2)(A), reversed the judgments, vacated habeas relief, and directed the mandate to issue immediately.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca1-25-2152-26-1094-guerrero-orellana-v-moniz/#2026-10-20-242e7749af 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

ECF 214 asks under Rules 59(e) and 60(b) for reconsideration of the September 22 order’s transfer-notice requirement. Plaintiffs oppose the request; this motion does not establish that the court granted relief.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca11-25-14065-25-14075-fidencio-hernandez-alvarez-v-warden-federal-detention-center-miami-ismael-cerro-perez-v-assistant-field-office-director/#2026-10-13-c57917c04d 2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

The court ordered that the petition for rehearing en banc is held in abeyance pending the Supreme Court's decision in Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca1-25-2152-26-1094-guerrero-orellana-v-moniz/#2026-10-06-4c74cb3d7e 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z

District ECF 213 records the First Circuit mandate concerning the two appeals; the docket entry was entered October 7. This does not terminate the district implementation proceedings.

https://passimai.com/litigation/issues/detention-without-bond/#status-2026-10-01-varies_by_circuit 2026-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Supreme Court granted certiorari in No. 26-104

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca2-25-3141-cunha-v-freden/#2026-10-01-67bab927c6 2026-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Court granted certiorari in Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha to review the section 1225(b)(2)(A) mandatory-detention question; the grant does not resolve the merits.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca2-25-3141-cunha-v-freden/#2026-09-25-e0c1c5694c 2026-09-25T00:00:00Z

After a judge-requested poll, the Second Circuit denied rehearing en banc of the April 28 panel decision, over a dissent by Judge Menashi joined in part by Judge Park.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca1-25-2152-26-1094-guerrero-orellana-v-moniz/#2026-09-22-ab0f34cee1 2026-09-22T00:00:00Z

ECF 212 requires at least 72 hours’ advance notice to the class member, the member’s attorney if known, and class counsel before transfer outside the First Circuit of a class member who requests a bond hearing. It adopts the Third Notice and supersedes the January 29 notice obligations.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca1-25-2152-26-1094-guerrero-orellana-v-moniz/#2026-09-15-9d155be6b1 2026-09-15T00:00:00Z

Electronic order ECF 206 denies dismissal of Counts II–IV without prejudice to renewal if the controlling statutory holding is displaced, stays those counts, dismisses Count V seeking APA vacatur of Matter of Yajure Hurtado, and denies partial summary judgment and class certification on Count V. The existing statutory class judgment is not vacated.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca4-25-7044-25-7050-oscar-enrique-lopez-garcia-v-robert-guadian-juan-jose-rivera-v-robert-guadian/#2026-09-10-84de54baeb 2026-09-10T00:00:00Z

A divided published panel held that section 1226(a), not section 1225(b)(2)(A), governs the petitioners' detention and affirmed habeas relief.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca6-25-1965-25-1969-25-1978-25-1982-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/#2026-09-09-966066ecc1 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z

After respondents filed their opposition and petitioners filed their reply brief, the Court distributed Putra v. Lopez-Campos for the September 28, 2026 conference.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-25-20496-victor-buenrostro-mendez-v-bondi/#2026-09-09-693e872994 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z

After a September 3 rescheduling entry, the Court distributed the Buenrostro-Mendez certiorari petition for the September 28, 2026 conference.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca2-25-3141-cunha-v-freden/#2026-09-09-3f236b8013 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z

After the government's reply brief, the Court distributed Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha for the September 28, 2026 conference.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca3-26-1150-26-1454-gabriel-antonio-buele-morocho-v-warden-philadelphia-fdc-wanderson-lopes-de-andrade-v-director-philadelphia-field-office-ice/#2026-08-28-a78055695e 2026-08-28T00:00:00Z

A precedential panel held that the petitioners' detentions without hearings violated the INA and due process, and affirmed the district-court orders requiring release.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-26-20424-26-20427-26-20428-jessica-tolentino-rodriguez-v-todd-blanche/#2026-08-27-ed9c581e6d 2026-08-27T00:00:00Z

COURT ORDER (docket entry 32) granting the motions to consolidate Nos. 26-20424, 26-20427 and 26-20428, to stay further proceedings in this court, for stay pending appeal and for an expedited ruling; denying the motion for hearing en banc. The order's text is not publicly available; this is its docket entry.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-26-20424-26-20427-26-20428-jessica-tolentino-rodriguez-v-todd-blanche/#2026-08-20-ee2b8ffef7 2026-08-20T00:00:00Z

Opposed motions for stay pending appeal, to consolidate Nos. 26-20424, 26-20427 and 26-20428 and stay further proceedings, and for an expedited ruling and hearing en banc (docket entries 12-14).

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca1-25-2152-26-1094-guerrero-orellana-v-moniz/#2026-08-13-99dc8a4d69 2026-08-13T00:00:00Z

The First Circuit held that Guerrero Orellana and the class are not seeking admission for purposes of section 1225(b)(2)(A), so their detention and release eligibility are governed by section 1226(a).

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-6842-rodriguez-vazquez-v-bostock/#2026-07-30-deb6cbdf9f 2026-07-30T00:00:00Z

The Ninth Circuit held that aliens present without admission who are apprehended in the interior are not subject to mandatory detention under section 1225(b)(2)(A), affirming classwide summary judgment.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca7-25-3127-jaciel-cirrus-rojas-v-samuel-olson-scott-smith/#2026-07-30-a3522d360b 2026-07-30T00:00:00Z

A published panel held that section 1226(a), not section 1225(b)(2)(A), governs Cirrus Rojas's detention and reversed the denial of habeas relief.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-26-20424-26-20427-26-20428-jessica-tolentino-rodriguez-v-todd-blanche/#2026-07-23-383a624c94 2026-07-23T00:00:00Z

S.D. Tex. No. 4:26-cv-05611 (Ellison, J.): section 1225(b)(2) applies under Buenrostro-Mendez, but detention without an individualized determination violates substantive due process as applied; immediate release ordered.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca2-25-3141-cunha-v-freden/#2026-07-23-104ac24a34 2026-07-23T00:00:00Z

The government filed a certiorari petition from the Second Circuit decision rejecting section 1225(b)(2) mandatory detention for long-time interior arrestees; the petition is docketed as Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-26-50183-26-50219-26-50221-ignacio-sosnava-rodriguez-v-sylvester-ortega-alejandro-villegas-angel-v-markwayne-mullin-miguel-angel-gomez-alvarado-v-miguel-vergara/#2026-07-21-bbcd9e2cbc 2026-07-21T00:00:00Z

The en banc Fifth Circuit granted expedited consideration and stayed the district-court judgments during en banc review of the consolidated mandatory-detention due-process appeals.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-26-50183-26-50219-26-50221-ignacio-sosnava-rodriguez-v-sylvester-ortega-alejandro-villegas-angel-v-markwayne-mullin-miguel-angel-gomez-alvarado-v-miguel-vergara/#2026-07-10-1155904506 2026-07-10T00:00:00Z

A majority of active Fifth Circuit judges voted on the court's own motion to rehear the consolidated detention appeals en banc; the court ordered future oral argument and supplemental briefing, and vacated the July 2 panel opinion.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-26-50183-26-50219-26-50221-ignacio-sosnava-rodriguez-v-sylvester-ortega-alejandro-villegas-angel-v-markwayne-mullin-miguel-angel-gomez-alvarado-v-miguel-vergara/#2026-07-02-9ac196bc84 2026-07-02T00:00:00Z

A divided published panel affirmed habeas relief and held that due process requires a hearing by 90 days when the government continues detaining long-time interior arrestees under section 1225(b)(2)(A).

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-26-50183-26-50219-26-50221-ignacio-sosnava-rodriguez-v-sylvester-ortega-alejandro-villegas-angel-v-markwayne-mullin-miguel-angel-gomez-alvarado-v-miguel-vergara/#2026-07-02-7dd5823f7f 2026-07-02T00:00:00Z

A divided published panel affirmed habeas relief and held that due process requires a hearing by 90 days when the government continues detaining long-time interior arrestees under section 1225(b)(2)(A).

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-25-20496-victor-buenrostro-mendez-v-bondi/#2026-07-02-7ca5789206 2026-07-02T00:00:00Z

The petitioners filed a certiorari petition from the Fifth Circuit decision adopting the government's section 1225(b)(2) mandatory-detention theory; the petition is docketed as Buenrostro-Mendez v. Blanche, No. 26-43.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca10-26-6019-rigoberto-santillan-quiroz-v-mullin/#2026-06-30-3c6474e313 2026-06-30T00:00:00Z

A published panel held that section 1225(b)(2)(A) applies only at the border, that section 1226(a) governs Santillan Quiroz, and that he must receive a bond hearing or be released within seven days.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca6-25-1965-25-1969-25-1978-25-1982-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/#2026-06-22-92eb5406b3 2026-06-22T00:00:00Z

The government filed a certiorari petition from the Sixth Circuit decision rejecting section 1225(b)(2)(A) mandatory detention for long-time interior arrestees; the petition is docketed as Raycraft v. Lopez-Campos, No. 25-1415.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca11-25-14065-25-14075-fidencio-hernandez-alvarez-v-warden-federal-detention-center-miami-ismael-cerro-perez-v-assistant-field-office-director/#2026-06-22-a798231127 2026-06-22T00:00:00Z

The government filed a petition for rehearing en banc, with panel rehearing, in Nos. 25-14065 and 25-14075.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca6-25-1965-25-1969-25-1978-25-1982-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/#2026-05-11-2728a07143 2026-05-11T00:00:00Z

A divided published panel held that section 1226(a), not section 1225(b)(2)(A), governs the petitioners' detention and affirmed habeas relief.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca11-25-14065-25-14075-fidencio-hernandez-alvarez-v-warden-federal-detention-center-miami-ismael-cerro-perez-v-assistant-field-office-director/#2026-05-06-fb0e6cbe6d 2026-05-06T00:00:00Z

A divided published panel held that section 1226(a), not section 1225(b)(2)(A), governs the petitioners' detention and affirmed habeas relief.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca7-25-3050-margarito-castanon-nava-v-u-s-department-of-homeland-security/#2026-05-05-798ad8ea30 2026-05-05T00:00:00Z

The court affirmed the consent-decree extension and relief for confirmed class members, reversed release for potential class members, and split over whether section 1225(b)(2) authorizes mandatory detention for interior arrestees.

https://passimai.com/litigation/issues/detention-without-bond/#status-2026-04-28-varies_by_circuit 2026-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Second Circuit rejected the policy in Cunha, against the Fifth (Feb 6) and Eighth (Mar 25) Circuits

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca2-25-3141-cunha-v-freden/#2026-04-28-11bd504923 2026-04-28T00:00:00Z

A unanimous published panel held that section 1226(a), not section 1225(b)(2), governs the petitioner's detention and affirmed habeas relief.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/cacd-5-25-cv-01873-25-7958-26-1044-lazaro-maldonado-bautista-v-ernesto-santacruz-jr/#2026-03-31-4a4e4d0028 2026-03-31T00:00:00Z

Dkt. 17 stayed the class certification order and final judgment "insofar as they extend beyond the Central District of California" and stayed the order vacating Yajure Hurtado; the judgment "remains in place as to the Central District of California."

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca8-25-3248-joaquin-herrera-avila-v-bondi/#2026-03-25-3a8729b409 2026-03-25T00:00:00Z

A divided panel issued a published decision for the government in Herrera Avila, extending the appellate support for the administration's mandatory-detention position.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/cacd-5-25-cv-01873-25-7958-26-1044-lazaro-maldonado-bautista-v-ernesto-santacruz-jr/#2026-03-06-7412fb43c4 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z

Dkt. 5 in No. 26-1044 temporarily stayed the December 18 judgment insofar as it extends beyond the Central District of California, and the February 18 order, pending a ruling on the government's stay motion.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/cacd-5-25-cv-01873-25-7958-26-1044-lazaro-maldonado-bautista-v-ernesto-santacruz-jr/#2026-02-25-9ef6244129 2026-02-25T00:00:00Z

ECF 121 denied the government's ex parte application to stay the consolidated judgment order and the enforcement order.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/cacd-5-25-cv-01873-25-7958-26-1044-lazaro-maldonado-bautista-v-ernesto-santacruz-jr/#2026-02-18-90c260948e 2026-02-18T00:00:00Z

ECF 116 granted the plaintiffs' motion to enforce the judgment and vacated the BIA's decision in Matter of Yajure Hurtado.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca5-25-20496-victor-buenrostro-mendez-v-bondi/#2026-02-06-89d4a4ee00 2026-02-06T00:00:00Z

A divided Fifth Circuit panel held that section 1225(b)(2) can require detention without bond for noncitizens arrested in the interior after entry without inspection.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca1-25-2152-26-1094-guerrero-orellana-v-moniz/#2025-12-19-48253c7a26 2025-12-19T00:00:00Z

The district court certified and modified the class and granted partial summary judgment, holding that class members were governed by section 1226(a) rather than mandatory detention under section 1225(b)(2)(A).

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/cacd-5-25-cv-01873-25-7958-26-1044-lazaro-maldonado-bautista-v-ernesto-santacruz-jr/#2025-12-18-df10c7a8d4 2025-12-18T00:00:00Z

ECF 93 and 94 declared that Bond Eligible Class members are detained under § 1226(a) and entitled to bond consideration, vacated DHS's July 8, 2025 interim guidance, and entered Rule 54(b) judgment. The government appealed the same day.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/cacd-5-25-cv-01873-25-7958-26-1044-lazaro-maldonado-bautista-v-ernesto-santacruz-jr/#2025-11-25-50ff1dc543 2025-11-25T00:00:00Z

ECF 82 certified the Bond Eligible Class; the parties had agreed to proceed without the proposed Adelanto Class.

https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca1-25-2152-26-1094-guerrero-orellana-v-moniz/#2025-10-03-5e8b67f409 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z

The district court entered preliminary relief requiring the government to release Guerrero Orellana within seven days unless he received a bond hearing.