CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
MAMA BARA SAMB v UNKNOWN PARTY #2 et al.
Hearing commitment supports prudential exhaustion of immigration-detention habeas
Decided
The citation
MAMA BARA SAMB v UNKNOWN PARTY #2 et al., opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 10, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-2706)
From the case summary
Samb, an ICE detainee who had received no individualized bond hearing, petitioned under § 2241 for release. He had been ordered removed, and the government identified § 1231 as governing detention. The immigration court later reopened his removal proceedings; the government committed to provide a…
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