MARIO ALDANA SOSA v. KRISTI NOEM, et al.

United States District Court for the Southern District of California

MARIO ALDANA SOSA v. KRISTI NOEM, et al.

Trial Court Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARIO ALDANA SOSA, Case No.: 3:25-cv-3396-CAB-JLB

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

18 U.S.C. § 2241

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

8 U.S.C. § 1226

(a) and the Fifth Amendment. [Id. at 11–16.] On 21 December 25, 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 ---,

2025 WL 3288403

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

8 U.S.C. § 1226

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

8 U.S.C. § 1226

(a). 27 [Doc. No. 18 at 2.] 28 1 The Court thus ORDERS Respondents to provide Petitioner an individualized bond 2 ||hearing before an immigration judge pursuant to

8 U.S.C. § 1226

(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 14, 2026. 5 It is SO ORDERED. 6 Dated: December 29, 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

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