Alvarez Rivas v. Warden, Otay Mesa Detention Center

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
YEFERSON YOENI ALVAREZ RIVAS,
Petitioner,
v.
WARDEN, OTAY MESA DETENTION
FACILITY,
Respondent.
Case No.: 3:26-cv-478-JES-JLB
ORDER FOR BOND HEARING
Before the Court is Petitioner’s Yeferson Yoeni Alvarez Rivas (“Petitioner”)
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. 5. In the response,
Respondents acknowledged that Petitioner must be considered detained under 8 U.S.C. §
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1226(a), pursuant to the final judgment entered in Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz, No.
5:25-CV-01873-SSS-BFM, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2025 WL 3289861 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 20,
2025). Accordingly, the Court GRANTS IN PART 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 ten 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.
(3) 	The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to CLOSE this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 9, 2026
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