CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Ortiz Navarro v Dunbar
Immigration bond hearing burden of proof in a habeas challenge
Decided
The citation
Ortiz Navarro v Dunbar, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued October 29, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-2852)
From the case summary
After ICE detained Ortiz Navarro, the court conditionally granted an earlier habeas petition challenging detention without a bond hearing. Following the resulting Detroit Immigration Court hearing, an immigration judge denied bond, citing flight risk. In this pro se § 2241 petition, Ortiz Navarro alleged that…
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