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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
BEHROOZ HAGHANI HAFEZI,
Petitioner,
v.
CHRISTOPHER J. LAROSE, et al.,
Respondents.
Case No.: 3:26-cv-01398-CAB-JLB
ORDER GRANTING A WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS
Petitioner Behrooz Haghani Hafezi (“Petitioner”), a native and citizen of Iran, filed
a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 	[Doc. No. 1
(“Petition”).] Petitioner alleges that he has lived under an order of supervised release for
nearly twenty years after Respondents previously tried and failed to remove him to Iran.
He also alleges he was re-detained without notice on December 10, 2025 when he reported
for his regularly scheduled check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Respondents have conceded that “[t]here is no evidence to suggest there is a
significant likelihood that Petitioner will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future”
and therefore that they “do not oppose Petitioner’s release from custody ‘subject to
supervision under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General.’” [Doc. No. 5 (emphasis
removed).]
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The Court therefore GRANTS a writ of habeas corpus and ORDERS Respondents
to immediately release Petitioner Behrooz Haghani Hafezi under the same conditions of
release that existed immediately prior to his December 10, 2025 detention. The Clerk of
the Court shall close the case.
It is SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 16, 2026
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