Ozbalik v. LaRose et al

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25-cv-3656-JES-SBC
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Muhammed Ozbalik,
Petitioner,
v.
CHRISTOPHER LAROSE, Warden at
Otay Mesa Detention Center; KENNETH
C. SMITH, San Diego Field Director, U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
TODD LYONS, Acting Director,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
KRISTI NOEM, Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security,
PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General of
the United States,
Respondents.
Case No.: 25-cv-3656-JES-SBC
ORDER FOR BOND HEARING
Before the Court is Petitioner Muhammed Ozbalik’s Petition for Writ of Habeas
Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, filed on December 18, 2025. ECF No. 1. Pursuant to
the Court’s OSC order, Respondents filed a response. ECF No. 4. In the response,
Respondents acknowledged that Petitioner must be considered detained under 8 U.S.C. §
1226(a), pursuant to the final judgment entered in Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz, No.
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5:25-CV-01873-SSS-BFM, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2025 WL 3289861 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 20,
2025). Accordingly, the Court GRANTS IN PART the petition as follows:
(1) The Court ORDERS Respondents to provide Petitioner with a bond
determination hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within ten days of this Order.
At the hearing, Respondents may not deny Petitioner bond on the basis that
he is detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2); and
(2) Respondents are ORDERED to File a Notice of Compliance within five days
of providing Petitioner with a bond redetermination hearing, including
apprising the Court of the results of the hearing.
In addition, Petitioner raises a due process violation and as an alternative to bond, also
requests release from custody. ECF No. 1 at 5-6. Respondents’ return does not address any
issues other than Maldonado Bautista’s application to the case. See ECF No. 4.
Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Respondents to file a supplemental brief, addressing any
remaining arguments they wish to raise in response to the petition by February 13, 2026.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 16, 2026
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