CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Bernard v Vazquez
Immigration detention and individualized bond hearing under § 1226(a)
Decided
The citation
Bernard v Vazquez, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 9, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-3079)
From the case summary
Bernard, a Haitian national, was paroled into the United States in 2023. DHS arrested him in September 2026, and he remained in ICE custody without an individualized bond hearing. His § 2241 petition sought release or a hearing. The government argued that an arriving-alien charge…
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