CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Parks v Putra
Immigration Bond Hearing Burden and Conditional Habeas Relief
Decided
The citation
Parks v Putra, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 9, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-3061)
From the case summary
After ICE arrested Parks in February 2025, an immigration judge denied bond at an April 2026 hearing under § 1226(a), finding him a danger to the community. The judge had required Parks to show he was neither dangerous nor a flight risk. Parks filed a…
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