CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Armando Hernandez Cuenca v Unknown Party #1
Immigration-detention habeas challenge to bond-hearing burden of proof
Decided
The citation
Armando Hernandez Cuenca v Unknown Party #1, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 2, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-02837)
From the case summary
After ICE arrested Cuenca in October 2025, the court conditionally granted his first § 2241 petition challenging detention without a bond hearing. At a subsequent hearing, an immigration judge denied bond, citing flight risk, a removal order, and the prior denial of all relief applications.…
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