CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Abdallahi v Putra
Post-Order Detention: Removal Foreseeability Before and After Six Months
Decided
The citation
Abdallahi v Putra, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 6, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-2690)
From the case summary
After ICE detained Abdallahi, an immigration court ordered his removal to Uganda or, alternatively, Mauritania. Two scheduled removal flights were canceled. Abdallahi filed a pro se § 2241 petition, arguing that repeated transfers and his cooperation showed removal was not reasonably foreseeable. The opinion’s text…
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