Martazanov v. LaRose et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ADAM MARTAZANOV,
Petitioner,
v.
CHRISTOPHER J. LAROSE, Senior Warden,
Otay Mesa Detention Center, et al.,
Respondents.
Case No.: 26-cv-972-RSH-DEB
ORDER GRANTING PETITION
FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
On February 15, 2026, petitioner Adam Martazanov filed a petition for writ of
habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (the “Petition”). ECF No. 1. The Court
thereafter ordered a response and set a briefing schedule. ECF No. 2. On February 26,
2026, Respondents filed a return. ECF No. 4.
The Petition alleges as follows. Petitioner, a citizen of Russia, applied for admission
to the United States from Mexico on October 31, 2022. ECF No. 1 ¶ 2. He was briefly
detained, and on November 1, 2022 was released into the United States on humanitarian
parole. Id. He thereafter applied for asylum. Id. ¶ 3. On December 18, 2025, Petitioner was
rearrested and taken into immigration custody. Id. ¶ 4. He was not told why he was being
arrested. Id. Petitioner is currently in immigration custody at the Otay Mesa Detention
Center in San Diego, California. Id.
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The Petition challenges the legality of Petitioner’s detention on various grounds, and
requests his immediate release. The Petition further alleges that in many cases in this
District 	involving 	similarly 	situated 	petitioners, 	the 	respondents 	file 	a 	statement
acknowledging that the petitioner is detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) and is entitled to a
bond hearing. Id. ¶ 71. Petitioner expressly argues that such a hearing would be inadequate
in his case; he is not seeking such a hearing. Id. ¶¶ 72-75.
Respondents’ return does not address the merits of the Petition, and Respondents
have not sought additional time to do so. The return instead “acknowledge[s] 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).” ECF No. 4 at 1. In the context of the
record here—the Petition, the Court’s order directing a response, and the return—the Court
construes the return as not opposing the relief sought.
Accordingly, the Petition is GRANTED as follows. Respondents are ordered to
release petitioner Adam Martazanov from custody no later than Monday, March 2, 2026,
subject to his preexisting conditions of release on parole, or such other conditions of release
on recognizance that may be appropriate. The Court declines to issue further declaratory
relief.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 27, 2026
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Hon. Robert S. Huie
United States District Judge
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