CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Yupa Yupa v Putra

Immigration bond hearing burden and conditional habeas relief

Decided

The citation

Yupa Yupa v Putra, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued November 3, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-3030)

From the case summary

ICE arrested Juan David Yupa Yupa, an Ecuadorian citizen, in July 2026. At an August bond hearing under § 1226(a), an immigration judge cited the lack of a documented application for relief from removal and insufficient information about his fixed address and time in the…

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