CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Dehmouch v Putra
Burden of proof at an immigration detention bond hearing
Decided
The citation
Dehmouch v Putra, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 5, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-3054)
From the case summary
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Mauritanian national in May 2026. After an earlier challenge to detention without a bond hearing was dismissed for failure to exhaust, an immigration judge denied bond under § 1226(a), finding he had not shown he was not a…
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