CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Habimana v Putra
Evidence of unlikely removal in post-order immigration detention
Decided
The citation
Habimana v Putra, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 13, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-2982)
From the case summary
An ICE detainee from Rwanda filed a pro se § 2241 petition for release, claiming ICE could not find a country willing to accept him or issue travel documents. An immigration judge had granted withholding to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and ordered removal…
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