1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MIGUEL ANGEL GARCIA-MORALES, Case No.: 3:25-cv-3254-CAB-BLM

12 Petitioner, ORDER REQUIRING A BOND 13 v. HEARING

14 KRISTI NOEM, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 17 Pending before the Court is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

filed by Miguel Angel Garcia-Morales (“Petitioner”). [Doc. No. 1.] 19 Petitioner asserts he is being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) 20 without a bond hearing in violation of

(a) and the Fifth Amendment. [Id. 21 at 7–9.] On December 19, 2025, Respondents filed a supplemental brief stating that: 22 Petitioner appears to be a member of the Bond Eligible Class certified in Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz, No. 5:25-CV-01873-SSS-BFM, --- F. 23 Supp. 3d ---,

(C.D. Cal. Nov. 25, 2025). The Bautista 24 court has entered final judgement as to the Bond Eligible Class. Bautista, [Doc. No. 94.] Accordingly, Respondents acknowledge that Petitioner is 25 detained under

(a) and [is] entitled to an order from this Court 26 directing a bond hearing be held pursuant to

(a). 27 [Doc. No. 11 at 2.] 28 1 The Court thus ORDERS Respondents to provide Petitioner an individualized bond 2 ||hearing before an immigration judge pursuant to

(a) and its associated 3 ||regulations within 14 days of the date of this order. Respondents are further ORDERED 4 || to notify this Court on the status of Petitioner’s bond hearing by January 7, 2026. 5 It is SO ORDERED. 6 Dated: December 22, 2025 □ Z 7 Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo 8 United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28