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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
RAHUL SHARMA,
Petitioner,
v.
JEREMY CASEY, Warden of the
Imperial Regional Detention Center, et al.,
Respondents.
Case No.: 3:26-cv-00050-CAB-SBC
ORDER:
(1) REQUIRING A BOND HEARING
[Doc. No. 1]; and
(2) DENYING MOTION FOR
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER [Doc. No. 2].
Pending before the Court is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 2241, [Doc. No. 1 (“Petition”)], and a motion for a temporary restraining order,
[Doc. No. 2 (“TRO”)], both filed by Petitioner Rahul Sharma. Petitioner claims that he is
detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) in violation of 8 U.S.C.
§ 1226(a) and the final judgment in Maldonado Bautista v. Noem, No. 5:25-cv-1873-SSS-
BFM, 2025 WL 3678485 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 18, 2025). [Petition at 20; Doc. No. 6 at 2.]
Respondents’ return to the Petition “acknowledge(s) that, in accordance with
Bautista, Petitioner is detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) and is entitled to an order from
this Court directing a bond hearing be held pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a).” [Doc. No. 5
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at 3.] 	Petitioner states that this acknowledgement “resolves the core statutory dispute
raised in the Petition.” [Doc. No. 6 at 2.]
The Court thus ORDERS Respondents to provide Petitioner an individualized bond
hearing before an immigration judge pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) and its associated
regulations by January 30, 2026. 	Respondents are further ORDERED to update this
Court on the status of Petitioner’s bond hearing by February 2, 2026. The Court DENIES
the motion for TRO as moot. [Doc. No. 2.]
It is SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 23, 2026
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