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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
VEDLIN ALEXANDRE, 
Petitioner, 
v. 
WARDEN, CALIFORNIA CITY 
DETENTION CENTER, 
Respondents. 
No. 1:26-cv-04178-DJC-JDP 
 
RELEASE ORDER 
A# 232-327-287 
Petitioner Vedlin Alexandre is an immigration detainee proceeding with a 
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 1). The Court has previously addressed 
the legal issues raised in Count 1 of the Petition. See Garcia Mariagua v. Chestnut, No. 
1:25-cv-01744-DJC-CSK, 2025 WL 3551700 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 11, 2025); Ortega v. 
Noem, No. 1:25-cv-01663-DJC-CKD, 2025 WL 3511914 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 8, 2025); 
Lopez v. Lyons, No. 2:25-cv-03174-DJC-CKD, 2025 WL 3124116 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 7, 
2025). 
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2243, the Court directed Respondents to file a return 
showing cause why the Court should not grant a writ of habeas corpus as to Count 1 
and identify any factual or legal issues in this case that distinguish it from the Court’s 
prior orders. (ECF No. 4.) While Respondents do not argue that there are substantial 
factual or legal distinctions, Respondents note that Petitioner was transferred into ICE 
custody from a state jail where he was held in connection with pending state charges. 

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(ECF No. 5 at 1.) While this does not alter the Court’s due process analysis, it does 
justify Petitioner receiving a prompt post-deprivation hearing. See J.S.H.M. v. 
Wofford, No. 1:25-cv-01309-JLT-SKO, 2025 WL 2938808, at *15 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 16, 
2025). 
Accordingly, as Respondents have not made any new legal arguments and 
have not identified any factual or legal issues in this case that would distinguish it from 
the Court’s prior decisions cited above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petition for 
Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 1) is GRANTED as to Count 1, for the reasons stated 
in those prior orders.1 
Within fourteen (14) days of this Order, Respondents shall afford Petitioner 
Vedlin Alexandre a constitutionally adequate bond hearing before an Immigration 
Judge. The Government shall bear the burden of establishing, by clear and 
convincing evidence, that Petitioner poses a danger to the community or risk of flight, 
and Petitioner shall be allowed to have counsel present. If Petitioner is not provided a 
bond hearing in this time, Respondents are ordered to immediately release Petitioner 
from their custody. 
Respondents shall file a status report within five (5) days of Petitioner’s bond 
hearing, confirming a bond hearing was conducted. 
The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case and enter judgment for 
Petitioner. This Order resolves all pending motions. 
 
IT IS SO ORDERED. 
 
Dated: June 10, 2026 
Hon. Daniel J. Calabretta 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
 
 
1 In the interests of judicial economy, the Court declines to address the remaining grounds for relief in 
the Petition. 

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