CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
J.N.B. v Putra
Immigration Bond Hearing Burden and Conditional Habeas Relief
Decided
The citation
J.N.B. v Putra, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 12, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-3040)
From the case summary
J.N.B., a Trinidad and Tobago citizen whose visa expired in 1998, was arrested by ICE in May 2025. At an August 2026 § 1226(a) hearing, the Detroit Immigration Court denied bond because he had not shown that he was neither dangerous nor a flight risk.…
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