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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Pedro L.,
Petitioner,
v. 	ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION
Civil File No. 26-00707 (MJD/ECW)
Todd Lyons, et al.,
Respondents.
Samantha Paige Matsch, Anderson & Anderson Law LLC, Counsel for Petitioner.
Ana H. Voss, Matthew Isihara, Assistant United States Attorneys, Counsel for
Respondents.
The above-entitled matter comes before the Court upon the Report and
Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright
filed February 1, 2026. [Doc. 7.] No objections have been filed to the Report and
Recommendation. Pursuant to statute, the Court has conducted a de novo
review upon the record. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); D. Minn. LR 72.2(b). Based upon
that review, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate
Judge Cowan Wright.
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Accordingly, based upon the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED that the Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation
of United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright filed February 1,
2026. [Doc. 7.]
1. 	Petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus [Doc. 1] is GRANTED
insofar as:
a. 	Petitioner’s current detention is hereby declared unlawful under the
Constitution and laws of the United States;
b. Respondents are ordered to immediately release Petitioner from
custody in Minnesota and, in any case, no later than 11:00 a.m.
Central Time on the day following the date of this Order;
c. 	Respondents are ordered to coordinate Petitioner’s release with
Petitioner’s counsel;
d. Respondents are ordered to release Petitioner with all personal
documents and belongings, such as his driver’s license,
employment authorization, passport, other immigration documents,
cell phone, and coats and other outerwear, and without conditions
of release, such as ankle monitors or tracking devices, where
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Respondents’ inability to immediately comply with this requirement
shall not be a basis for delaying Petitioner’s release; and
2. 	Within 72 hours of the date of this Order, Respondents are ordered to
provide the Court with a status update confirming Petitioner’s release and
other compliance with the Order.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.
Dated: February 4, 2026 	s/Michael J. Davis
Michael J. Davis
United States District Court
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