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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ENRIQUE PUERTO-NARANJO, CARLOS
ALBERTO PINO, JANIER RICO, and
MAIKEL ROJAS-PEREZ,
Petitioners,
v.
CHRISTOPHER LAROSE, Warden, Otay
Mesa Detention Center, et al.,
Respondents.
Case No.: 26-cv-1457-RSH-MMP
ORDER GRANTING PETITION
FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
[ECF No. 2]
On March 6, 2026, petitioners Enrique Puerto-Naranjo, Carlos Alberto Pino, Janier
Rico, and Maikel Rojas-Perez filed a combined petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (the “Petition”). ECF No. 1. Petitioners are all citizens of Cuba who
were initially detained in Miramar, Florida, and are currently in immigration detention at
Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California. Id. at 3, 4. Petitioners challenge the
lawfulness of their continued detention, arguing among other things that they should be
released pursuant to Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001), on the grounds that there is
no significant likelihood of their removal in the reasonably foreseeable future. Respondents
agree. ECF No. 6.
Accordingly, the Petition is 	GRANTED. Respondents are ordered to release
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petitioners from custody within one (1) business day of the date of this order, subject to
such terms of supervision as may be appropriate. The Court declines to issue further
injunctive relief.
In light of this disposition, Petitioners’ application for a temporary restraining order
[ECF No. 2] is DENIED as moot.
The Court VACATES the hearing date set for April 2, 2026.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 20, 2026
____________________
Hon. Robert S. Huie
United States District Judge
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