CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Mboup v Putra
Government’s custody-hearing commitment changes immigration habeas exhaustion analysis
Decided
The citation
Mboup v Putra, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 13, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-3106)
From the case summary
Abdou Mboup, a Senegalese ICE detainee who had entered and remained in the United States, filed a § 2241 petition seeking release subject to supervision. He had not received an individualized bond hearing before an immigration judge; the parties’ submissions did not suggest a final…
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