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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
FOR ONLINE PUBLICATION ONLY
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EDWIN JOSUE PADILLA MOLINA,
Petitioner,
-against-
ORDER
25-cv-6526 (JMA)
FRANCIS DELEON, in his official capacity as Acting
Assistant Field Office Director for the New York Field
Office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement; KRISTI
NOEM, 	in 	her 	official 	capacity 	as 	U.S. 	Secretary 	of
Homeland 	Security; 	PAMELA BONDI, 	in 	her 	official
capacity 	as Attorney 	General 	of 	the 	United 	States 	of
America,
Respondents.
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AZRACK, United States District Judge:
On November 23, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Petitioner
in Central Islip. Petitioner filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, ECF No. 1, alleging that
his detention violates his constitutional and statutory rights. Petitioner subsequently moved for
entry of a Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 9, supported by an accompanying Memorandum
of Law, seeking immediate release from custody. On December 3, 2025, ICE transferred Petitioner
to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he remains detained. ECF No. 12.
Based on the declarations, exhibits, legal authorities, and arguments submitted, the Court
finds that Petitioner has established a likelihood of success on the merits of his Petition. See
Hyppolite v. Noem, No. 25-cv-4304, 2025 WL 2829511 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 6, 2025) (granting writ of
habeas corpus, holding that Petitioner who had been in the United States for three years was subject
to discretionary detention pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), not mandatory detention pursuant to
8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)); Artiga v. Genalo, No. 25-cv-5208, 2025 WL 2829434 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 5,
2025) (similar); J.U. v. Maldonado, No. 25-cv-04836, 2025 WL 2772765 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 29,
2025) (similar); O.F.B. v. Maldonado, No. 25-cv-6336, 2025 WL 3277677 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 25,
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2025) (similar); Rodriguez-Acurio v. Almodovar, No. 25-cv-6065, 2025 WL 3314420 (E.D.N.Y.
Nov. 28, 2025) (similar); Guerrero v. Noem, No. 25-cv-5881, 2025 WL 3214787 (E.D.N.Y. Nov.
18, 2025) (granting a preliminary injunction and holding that Petitioner who was re-detained while
living in the United States was entitled to a bond hearing pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226).
The Court finds that Petitioner has also established that he is currently suffering and will
continue to suffer irreparable harm absent injunctive relief and that the balance of equities and the
public interest favor the grant of injunctive relief.
The Court hereby GRANTS Petitioner’s Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and
orders his immediate release from custody. Respondents are ORDERED to submit a letter on the
docket confirming Petitioner’s release within 24 hours of this Order. The Court further ORDERS
that Petitioner shall not be re-detained without notice and an opportunity to be heard at a pre-
deprivation bond hearing before a neutral decisionmaker.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: 	December 9, 2025
Central Islip, New York
/s/ (JMA)
JOAN M. AZRACK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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