Case Name in Immigration Case - Unavailable

1
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Walter A.,
Petitioner,
v.
Peter B. Berg, Director of St. Paul
Enforcement and Removal Operations,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department
of Homeland Security; Warden, Port
Isabel Detention Center;
Todd Lyons, Acting Director, U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
and Pamela Bondi, Attorney General of
the United States,
Respondents.
No. 25-cv-4720 (SRN/LIB)
ORDER
Stacey Rogers, SSR Law Group LLC, 600 25th Ave. S., Ste. 201, St. Cloud, MN 56301;
Hannah Brown, 1907 E. Wayzata Blvd., Ste. 300, Wayzata, MN 55391, for Petitioner
Trevor Brown, U.S. Attorney’s Office, 300 S. 4th St., Minneapolis, MN 55415, for
Respondents
SUSAN RICHARD NELSON, United States District Judge
Pending before the Court is the Motion to Amend the Petition for Writ of Habeas
Corpus [Doc. No. 22] filed by Walter A.
Respondents oppose the motion on several grounds, including that Petitioner was
detained in Texas on the date the Petition [Doc. No. 1] was filed, and therefore, he filed it
CASE 0:25-cv-04720-SRN-LIB Doc. 30 Filed 02/13/26 Page 1 of 2

2
in the wrong judicial district. (Resp’ts’ Opp’n [Doc. No. 25] at 1–12.) However, because
Petitioner was subsequently transferred back to Minnesota, Respondents concede that
Petitioner could simply file a new habeas petition to rectify the problem, rather than seek
to amend the existing Petition. (Id. at 12.)
On February 12, 2026, Petitioner filed a new habeas petition, Walter A. v.
Easterwood, No. 26-cv-1393 (SRN/LIB).1
Because the new habeas petition in 26-cv-1393 asserts claims similar to the Petition
in the instant case and in the pending Amended Petition, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED
THAT:
1. 	Petitioner’s Motion to Amend [Doc. No. 22] is DENIED AS MOOT; and
2. 	The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus [Doc. No. 1] is DENIED WITHOUT
PREJUDICE.
Dated: February 13, 2026 	s/Susan Richard Nelson
SUSAN RICHARD NELSON
United States District Judge
1 While the new habeas proceeding, 26-cv-1393, was initially assigned to Judge Jerry
Blackwell and Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright, the matter was reassigned to the
undersigned judge as related to the instant case.
CASE 0:25-cv-04720-SRN-LIB Doc. 30 Filed 02/13/26 Page 2 of 2