Guzman-Galvez v. Bullock

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
WESTERN DIVISION
CYNTHIA STEPHANIE GUZMAN-
GALVEZ,
Petitioner,
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No. 2:26-cv-03248-SHL-cgc
v.
CHRISTOPHER BULLOCK,
Respondent.
ORDER REQUIRING RESPONDENT TO FILE A SECOND STATUS REPORT BY
OCTOBER 11, 2026, TO CONFIRM PETITIONER’S TRANSFER AND RELEASE
On October 1, 2026, Petitioner Cynthia Stephanie Guzman-Galvez’s immigration-related
habeas petition was granted. (ECF No. 9.) Respondent was ordered, in no uncertain terms, to
immediately transfer Petitioner from Louisiana back to the Western District of Tennessee,
release her from custody, and file a status report within two business days of the Order. (Id. at
PageID 42.) Respondent filed a status report on October 5, advising that Petitioner could not be
immediately transferred, that the next available return was October 8, 2026, and that Respondent
would, on October 8, return Petitioner to the Western District of Tennessee and then release her
immediately. (ECF No. 10 at PageID 43.) However, today, October 9, Petitioner submitted a
status report in which she stated that “facility officials [informed] [her] that she would need to be
released from her detention in Louisiana and that no return to the Western District of Tennessee
has been scheduled.” (ECF No. 11 at PageID 46.)
It is unacceptable that, after the Court held that Guzman-Galvez was detained unlawfully
and ordered her return to the Western District of Tennessee and immediate release thereafter, the
Government continues to detain her. 	Respondent is ORDERED to file a second status report by
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October 11, 2026, to confirm that Petitioner was transferred back to the Western District of
Tennessee and thereafter released. Respondent is further ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why
it has not complied with the Court’s October 1, 2026, Order and provide a thorough plan to
ensure that Guzman-Galvez’s situation is not repeated. Finally, Respondent is reminded that this
Court’s Order made clear that Guzman-Galvez was first to be returned to the Western District of
Tennessee and then released immediately. Releasing Guzman-Galvez in Louisiana would
violate the Court’s October 1 Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 9th day of October, 2026.
s/ Sheryl H. Lipman
SHERYL H. LIPMAN
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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