Segovia-Lopez v. Larose et al

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26-cv-0805-JES-BJW
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ROBERTO SEGOVIA-LOPEZ,
Petitioner,
v.
CHRISTOPHER LAROSE, Warden of
the Otay Mesa Detention Center;
GREGORY ARCHAMBEAULT,
Director of the San Diego Field Office,
United States Immigration and Customs
Enforcement; PAM BONDI, Attorney
General, United States Department of
Justice; KRISTI NOEM, Secretary,
United States Department of Homeland
Security; TODD LYONS, Acting Director
of United States Immigration and Customs
Enforcement; and DOES 1-5,
Respondents.
Case No.: 26-cv-0805-JES-BJW
ORDER GRANTING BOND
HEARING
Before the Court is Petitioner Roberto Segovia-Lopez’ (“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. 4. In the response, Respondents
acknowledged that Petitioner must be considered detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a),
pursuant to the final judgment entered in Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz, No. 5:25-CV-
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01873-SSS-BFM, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2025 WL 3289861 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 20, 2025).
Petitioner filed a traverse and requests his immediate release from custody. ECF No. 5.
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.
The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to CLOSE this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 13, 2026
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