https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5745227-migrants-entitled-bond-hearings/
Judge throws out ruling backing Trump mass detention policy
by Rebecca Beitsch - 02/19/26 10:49 AM ET
My Note: This is an activist lower level Federal District Court (9th), which is counter ordering the Ruling of an Appeals Court, from 5th District. SCOTUS needs to step in to police their judicial courts and their districts.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70895584/lazaro-maldonado-bautista-v-ernesto-santacruz-jr/
Lazaro Maldonado Bautista v. Ernesto Santacruz Jr (5:25-cv-01873)
District Court, C.D. California
Last Updated: Feb. 19, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
Assigned To: Sunshine Suzanne Sykes
Referred To: Brianna Fuller Mircheff
Citation: Lazaro Maldonado Bautista v. Ernesto Santacruz Jr, 5:25-cv-01873, (C.D. Cal.)
Date Filed: July 23, 2025
Date of Last Known Filing: Feb. 18, 2026
Cause: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federal)
Nature of Suit: 463 Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Jury Demand: None
Jurisdiction Type: U.S. Government Defendant