CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Espinal Nova v Putra
Immigration Bond Hearing Burden and Conditional Habeas Relief
Decided
The citation
Espinal Nova v Putra, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 10, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-3062)
From the case summary
ICE arrested Espinal Nova in Detroit. At a § 1226(a) bond hearing, an immigration judge placed the burden on him to show he was neither a flight risk nor dangerous and denied bond, citing flight risk. Espinal Nova filed a § 2241 petition challenging his…
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