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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MIGUEL ANGEL GARCIA-MORALES,
Petitioner,
v.
KRISTI NOEM, et al.,
Respondents.
Case No.: 3:25-cv-3254-CAB-BLM
ORDER REQUIRING A BOND
HEARING
Pending before the Court is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 2241 filed by Miguel Angel Garcia-Morales (“Petitioner”). 	[Doc. No. 1.]
Petitioner asserts he is being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”)
without a bond hearing in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) and the Fifth Amendment. [Id.
at 7–9.] On December 19, 2025, Respondents filed a supplemental brief stating that:
Petitioner appears to be a member of the Bond Eligible Class certified in
Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz, No. 5:25-CV-01873-SSS-BFM, --- F.
Supp. 3d ---, 2025 WL 3288403 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 25, 2025). 	The Bautista
court has entered final judgement as to the Bond Eligible Class. 	Bautista,
[Doc. No. 94.] 	Accordingly, Respondents acknowledge that 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. 11 at 2.]
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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 within 14 days of the date of this order. Respondents are further ORDERED
to notify this Court on the status of Petitioner’s bond hearing by January 7, 2026.
It is SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 22, 2025
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