Escobar-Mendoza v. Larose et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SERGIO ESCOBAR-MENDOZA,
Petitioner,
v.
CHRISTOPHER J. LAROSE, SENIOR
WARDEN, OTAY MESA DETENTION
CENTER; GREGORY J.
ARCHAMBEAULT, DIRECTOR, SAN
DIEGO FIELD OFFICE, IMMIGRATION
AND CUSTOMS; KRISTI NOEM,
SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY; and PAM
BONDI, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL
Respondents.
Case No.: 3:26-cv-0078-JES-DEB
ORDER GRANTING BOND
HEARING
[ECF No. 1]
Before the Court is Petitioner Sergio Escobar-Mendoza’s Petition for Writ of Habeas
Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 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. 5:25-CV-01873-SSS-BFM, ---
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F. Supp. 3d ---, 2025 WL 3289861 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 20, 2025). Accordingly, the Court
GRANTS 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 seven 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.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 20, 2026
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