Gracia Alejo-Navarro v. Warden, in his or her official capacity as Warden of...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO

GRACIA ALEJO-NAVARRO, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case 2:26-cv-00058-JB-KRS ) WARDEN, in his or her official capacity as ) Warden of the Otero County Processing ) Center; MARY DE ANDA-YBARRA, in her ) official capacity as Field Office Director of the ICE ) El Paso Field Office of Enforcement and ) Removal Operations, U.S. Immigration and ) Customs Enforcement; U.S. Department of ) Homeland Security; TODD M. LYONS, in his ) official capacity as Acting Director, Immigration ) and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of ) Homeland Security; KRISTI NOEM, in her ) official capacity as Secretary, U.S. Department of ) Homeland Security; and PAMELA JO BONDI, in ) her official capacity as Attorney General of the ) United States, ) ) Respondents. ) ORDER FOR STATUS REPORT THIS MATTER is before the Court sua sponte.1 Upon reviewing Petitioner Gracia Alejo- Navarro’s (“Petitioner”) Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, (Doc. 4), the Court has determined that additional information would assist in recommending a disposition in this matter.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that no later than Friday, March 13, 2026, The Honorable James O. Browning referred this case to me “to conduct hearings, if warranted, including evidentiary hearings, and to perform any legal analysis required to recommend to the Court an ultimate disposition of the case,” as authorized by 28 U.S.C. §§ 636(b)(1)(B), (b)(3), and Va. Beach Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n v. Wood, 901 F.2d 849 (10th Cir. 1990). (Doc. 5).

Respondents shall file a status report regarding the status of removal proceedings, if any, initiated against Petitioner, including all documents filed in any removal proceedings. Respondents also shall specify the date that Petitioner was taken into custody and whether Petitioner was taken into custody pursuant to an administrative or judicial warrant of arrest. If Petitioner was taken into custody pursuant to a warrant, Respondents shall provide a copy of the warrant.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 6th day of March, 2026.

KEVIN R. SWEAZEA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE