Judge Orders ICE To Give Detained Immigrant Bond Hearing Within 'Five Business Days'

U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney on Monday conditionally granted a habeas corpus petition and ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide a detained immigrant with a bond hearing within five business days, stating the agency must give the parties notice 'no later than 24 hours prior to the scheduled hearing.'

Soirimar Coromoto Vazquez Chirinos, who was being held in ICE custody, filed the habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 seeking relief from her detention. The case involved challenges to her continued immigration detention without a bond hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a).

Judge Maloney ordered that ICE must either provide Vazquez Chirinos with the bond hearing or 'immediately release Petitioner from custody' as an alternative. The court also required ICE to file a status report within six business days certifying compliance and detailing whether bond was granted or denied and the conditions or reasons for the decision.

The case proceeded in the Western District of Michigan's Southern Division, with Judge Maloney substituting Kevin Raycraft, Detroit ICE Field Office Director, for an unknown party respondent while dismissing Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a named respondent in the matter.

The ruling adds to ongoing litigation over immigration detention practices and the right to bond hearings for individuals held in ICE custody. The court's tight timeline reflects judicial concern over prolonged detention without proper procedural protections for immigration detainees.

Counsel

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Case: The case is Vazquez Chirinos v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al, case number 1:26-cv-916, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

Court

Western District of Michigan

Case Name

Vazquez Chirinos v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al

Docket

1:26-cv-00916