Rocha Gomez v. LaRose et al

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3:26-cv-737-JES-VET
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JOSE JUAN ROCHA GOMEZ
Petitioner,
v.
Christopher LAROSE, Senior Warden,
Otay Mesa Detention Center; Kristi
NOEM, Secretary, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security; Todd LYONS,
Acting Director, U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement; Patrick DIVVER,
Field Office Director, San Diego Field
Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement. Sirce OWEN, Acting
Director of the Executive Office for
Immigration Review (EOIR), U.S.
Department of Justice. Pamela BONDI,
Attorney General, U.S. Department of
Justice,
Respondents.
Case No.: 3:26-cv-737-JES-VET
ORDER FOR BOND HEARING
[ECF No. 1]
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Before the Court is a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
2241, filed by Petitioner Jose Juan Rocha Gomez (“Petitioner”). 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-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 11, 2026
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