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Castellanos v. Kaiser

N.D. Cal. · September 18, 2025

Court N.D. Cal.
Decided September 18, 2025
Docket 25-cv-07962
Citation 2025 WL 2689853
Judge Trina L. Thompson, United States District Judge
Disposition Interim relief granted
Nationality Colombia and Mexico (the decision prints 'Columbia')

Five noncitizens released under section 1226(a) and arrested at immigration court must be released immediately and may not be re-detained without notice and a pre-deprivation hearing before a neutral decisionmaker.

Caution Ex parte temporary restraining order issued the same day as the arrests, with the government not heard; the court did not definitively decide whether section 1225(b) or section 1226(a) governs, saying only that it found section 1225(b)(2)(A) 'particularly doubtful'; it expired October 2, 2025 and the file contains no later order.

Redetention Notice Mandatory detention 1225(b)

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