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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
ROSA ALBA ENTZA CHUPE,
Petitioner,
v.
Case No. 2:26-cv-00318-MIS-JMR
PAMELA 	BONDI, 	in 	her 	official 	capacity 	as
Attorney 	General 	of 	the 	United 	States; 	TODD
LYONS, in his official capacity as Acting Director,
Bureau of Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement;
MARY 	DE 	ANDA-YBARRA, 	in 	her 	official
capacity 	as 	Director, 	El 	Paso 	Field 	Office,
Immigration 	and 	Customs 	Enforcement; 	and
WARDEN, Otero County Detention Center,
Respondents.
ORDER GRANTING VERIFIED PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Petitioner Rosa Alba Entza Chupe’s
Verified Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”), ECF No. 1, filed February 9, 2026. The
record reflects that the Clerk’s Office served Respondents Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, and
Mary De Anda-Ybarra (“Federal Respondents”),1 with the Petition on February 9, 2026, pursuant
to this District’s Standing Order Regarding Service of Process in Immigration Habeas Petitions
filed Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, Case 1:26-mc-00004, ECF No. 3 (D.N.M. Jan. 28, 2026). ECF
No. 2. A day later, February 10, 2026, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause (“Order”) which,
inter alia, instructs that “within ten (10) business days, the United States Attorney’s Office for the
1 	Respondent Warden of the Otero County Detention Center did not appear or file a response in this
case. It has become standard practice in these habeas cases for the warden of the relevant detention center to either
appear and adopt the federal respondents’ arguments, see, e.g., Intriago-Sedgwick v. Noem, Case No. 1:25-cv-01065-
MIS-LF, Notice of Joinder In USA Respondents’ Forthcoming Claims and Defenses, ECF No. 11 (D.N.M. Dec. 3,
2025), or not appear at all, see Francisco v. Dedos, Case No. 1:25-cv-01229-MIS-GJF, Proposed Findings and
Recommended Disposition at 8, ECF No. 53 (D.N.M. Jan. 20, 2026).
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District of New Mexico shall respond to the Petition and SHOW CAUSE why the requested relief
should not be granted.” Order at 2, ECF No. 3. To date, no Federal Respondent has responded to
the Petition or otherwise shown cause why the Petition should not be granted. Consequently, the
Court will treat the Petition as uncontested and GRANT the Petition.
Additionally, and alternatively, the Court has carefully reviewed the Petition and, accepting
the facts as true and uncontested, the Court finds that relief should be granted on the merits for the
reasons articulated by this Court in Lopez-Romero v. Lyons, Case No. 2:25-cv-01113-MIS-JHR,
2026 WL 92873 (D.N.M. Jan. 13, 2026).
Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. 	Petitioner Rosa Alba Entza Chupe’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, ECF No.
1, is GRANTED;
2. 	Respondents are ORDERED to immediately release Petitioner from detention;
3. 	Respondents SHALL NOT re-detain Petitioner without a pre-deprivation hearing
before a neutral Immigration Judge pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), at which the
Government must prove by clear and convincing evidence that Petitioner is a
danger or flight risk;
4. 	Respondents SHALL NOT impose any new condition of release;
5. 	Counsel for Federal Respondents SHALL provide a copy of this order to Counsel
for the Warden of the Otero County Detention Center;
6. 	Respondents SHALL file a Notice of Compliance with this Order; and
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7. 	The Court will separately enter Final Judgment in favor of Petitioner but retain
jurisdiction over this matter to ensure compliance with this Order and to entertain
any motions for attorneys’ fees.
………………………………………….
MARGARET STRICKLAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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