š£ The Wait is Over! Semantic search is now available on CourtListener. Already live in our API, you can now search case law using natural language directly on the website. Click the & / ? toggle to switch between keyword and natural language search. Learn more here! Docket Entries Parties and Attorneys Document Number Date Filed Try again later. 1 Apr 28, 2026 PETITION for WRIT of HABEAS CORPUS against All Respondents by Jovanni Paola Garcia-Aburto. (Filing fee $ 5, receipt number ACAEDC-13245570) (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Consent Form)(Jimenez-Ortega, Walter) (Entered: 04/28/2026) Main DocĀument Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 2 Apr 28, 2026 IMMIGRATION NEW CASE DOCUMENTS (Deputy Clerk MCF) (Entered: 04/28/2026) Main DocĀument Immigration New Case Documents 3 Apr 28, 2026 CONSENT/DECLINE of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1), this document is restricted to attorneys and court staff only. Judges do not have access to view this document and will be informed of a party's response only if all parties have consented to the referral. (Anonymous) (Entered: 04/28/2026) Main DocĀument 4 May 4, 2026 MINUTE ORDER issued by Magistrate Judge Chi Soo Kim on 5/4/2026. Parties must review this MINUTE ORDER Document, which is a scheduling order. (1) Respondents are directed to file an answer or motion to dismiss within 7 days from the date of this order. (2) Petitioner's reply/traverse to an answer or opposition to a motion to dismiss, if any, is due within 7 days after being served with a copy of respondents' answer or motion to dismiss. A reply by respondent to an opposition to a motion to dismiss is due within 7 days after being served with the opposition. (Deputy Clerk AW) (Entered: 05/04/2026) Main DocĀument Minute Order AND ~Util - 1 Set/Reset Deadlines and Hearings 5 May 8, 2026 DESIGNATION of COUNSEL FOR SERVICE. Added attorney Elisa M. Rodriguez for Todd Blanche,Elisa M. Rodriguez for Christopher Chestnut,Elisa M. Rodriguez for Executive Office for Immigration Review,Elisa M. Rodriguez for Markwayne Mullin,Elisa M. Rodriguez for Ernesto Santacruz,Elisa M. Rodriguez for U.S. Department of Homeland Security, attorney Shelley D. Weger, GOVT terminated (Rodriguez, Elisa) (Entered: 05/08/2026) Main DocĀument 6 May 11, 2026 MOTION to DISMISS by Todd Blanche, Christopher Chestnut, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Markwayne Mullin, Ernesto Santacruz, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Rodriguez, Elisa) (Entered: 05/11/2026) Main DocĀument Dismiss 7 May 11, 2026 OPPOSITION by Jovanni Paola Garcia-Aburto to 6 Motion to Dismiss. (Jimenez-Ortega, Walter) (Entered: 05/11/2026) Main DocĀument Opposition to Motion 8 May 22, 2026 FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Chi Soo Kim on 5/22/2026 RECOMMENDING that 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus be granted; that 6 Motion to Dismiss be denied; that Respondents be ordered to provide petitioner with a bond hearing within 7 days of the adoption of these findings and recommendations where petitioner has the burden to demonstrate that she is not a flight risk or danger to the community, that Petitioner shall be allowed to have her counsel present at the bond hearing; that, if petitioner is granted release on bond, respondents shall return all of petitioner's documents and possessions at the time of release; and that the Clerk of the Court be directed to enter judgment in favor of petitioner and close this case. Referred to District Judge Dale A. Drozd. Objections due within 7 days of the date of these findings and recommendations. (Deputy Clerk HAH) (Entered: 05/22/2026) Main DocĀument Findings and Recommendations May 22, 2026 Minute Order AND ~Util - 1 Set/Reset Deadlines and Hearings 9 May 22, 2026 MOTION for TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER by Jovanni Paola Garcia-Aburto. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order, # 2 TRO checklist, # 3 Notification to the Respondents' Counsel)(Jimenez-Ortega, Walter) (Entered: 05/22/2026) Main DocĀument Temporary Restraining Order 10 May 22, 2026 MINUTE ORDER issued by Relief Courtroom Deputy for District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 5/22/2026: Pending the issuance of the court's order resolving the pending 9 motion for temporary restraining order, and unless and until the court orders otherwise, the court ORDERS that respondents shall not take any action to remove petitioner from the United States or to move petitioner out of the Eastern District of California. See F.T.C. v. Dean Foods Co., 384 U.S. 597, 604 (1966) (acknowledging the court's express authority under the All Writs Act to issue such temporary injunctions as may be necessary to protect its own jurisdiction). Given the exigent circumstances present, the court finds that this order is warranted to maintain the status quo pending its forthcoming order resolving petitioner's pending 9 motion for temporary restraining order. Further, the court has conducted a preliminary review of the pending motion and petition for writ of habeas corpus and observes that this case may involve core issues that the undersigned has previously addressed in this context. Accordingly, the parties are advised that if the court concludes that petitioner is entitled to the relief that is requested in the pending motion, then the court will also rule on the merits of the underlying petition. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(a)(2) ("Before or after beginning the hearing on a motion for a preliminary injunction, the court may advance the trial on the merits and consolidate it with the hearing."); Dzhabrailov v. Decker, No. 20-cv-03118-PMH, 2020 WL 2731966 (S.D.N.Y. May 26, 2020) (considering the merits of the habeas petition and motion for preliminary injunction simultaneously). The court observes that counsel for respondents has already entered Notices of Appearance and filed a 6 response to the petition for writ of habeas corpus. Accordingly, respondents shall file a written opposition to the pending 9 motion for temporary restraining order by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, 5/26/2026. In that opposition, respondents shall indicate whether this case is from this court's decisions in Ayala Cajina v. Wofford, No. 1:25-cv-01566-DAD-AC (HC), 2025 WL 3251083 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 21, 2025); Perez v. Albarran, No. 1:25-cv-01540-DAD-CSK (HC), 2025 WL 3187578 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 14, 2025); Chavarria v. Chestnut, No. 1:25-cv-01755-DAD-AC (E.D. Cal. Dec. 9, 2025); Yang v. Kaiser, No. 2:25-cv-02205-DAD-AC (HC), 2025 WL 2791778 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 20, 2025); Quichimbo-Jimenez v. Warden, California City Correctional Center, 2:26-cv-00739-DAD-EFB (HC), 2026 WL 679378 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 10, 2026); Cardenas v. Chestnut, et al., No. 1:26-cv-02073-DAD-SCR (HC), 2026 WL 785871 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 20, 2026); J.P.C. v. Chestnut, et al., 1:26-cv-02108-DAD-JDP, 2026 WL 788129 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 20, 2026), or otherwise indicate that respondents oppose the 9 motion for the reasons set forth in their 6 response to the petition for writ of habeas corpus. The court will construe failure to distinguish the above cited cases as a concession that the cases are not substantively distinguishable. If respondents oppose this court ruling on the underlying petition, then respondents are DIRECTED to indicate so and provide substantive reasons in support thereof in their opposition. (Text Only Entry) (cc: ICE - California City) (Deputy Clerk MCF) (Entered: 05/22/2026) Main DocĀument 11 May 25, 2026 Main DocĀument Objections to Findings and Recommendations 13 May 27, 2026 Findings and Recommendations AND Order AND Order Adopting Findings and Recommendations AND Order on Motion for TRO AND Order on Motion to Dismiss AND ~Util - Terminate Civil Case 14 May 27, 2026 Main DocĀument Judgment