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26-cv-1005-CAB-MMP
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
OLGA AKSENENKO and STANISLAV
GROMOV,
Petitioners,
v.
JEREMY CASEY, et al.,
Respondents.
Case No.: 26-cv-1005-CAB-MMP
ORDER GRANTING A WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS
[Doc. No. 1]
Olga Aksenenko and Stanislav Gromov (collectively, “Petitioners”), a married
couple, filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. [Doc.
No. 1 (“Petition”).] Petitioners allege that they presented themselves at the United States
border in July 2022 seeking asylum, were granted humanitarian parole, and lived here
pending the adjudication of their asylum claim. 	Then in October 2025, Respondents
detained them without notice or justification. 	While in detention, an immigration judge
denied Petitioners’ asylum claims; Petitioners intend to appeal this decision to the Board
of Immigration Appeals.
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Respondents do not contest any of Petitioners’ asserted facts. [Doc. No. 4.] Nor do
Respondents make any legal arguments against Petitioners’ claims that their detention
violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the Administrative Procedure
Act, and their status as humanitarian parolees. 	Instead, Respondents say that Petitioners
are entitled to a bond hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a).
In light of Petitioners’ unrefuted facts and legal claims, and Respondents’ non
sequitur response, the Court GRANTS a writ of habeas corpus for both Petitioners based
on the reasoning the Court has articulated in similar cases. 	E.g., Tokhi v. LaRose, et al.,
Case No. 3:26-cv-0803-CAB-VET (S.D. Cal. Feb 19, 2026). 	The Court ORDERS
Respondents to immediately release Petitioners. 	The Clerk of the Court shall close the
case.
It is SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 6, 2026
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