OFANTO ROMERO et al v. Bondi et al
| DANIEL ALEJANDRO OFANTO ROMERO |
| Pamela Bondi, Kristi Noem, Russell Hott, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Officer In Charge / Docket Control Office and Warden |
| 1:2026cv01698 |
| February 13, 2026 |
| U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
| Martha M Pacold |
| Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee |
| 8 U.S.C. ยง 1105 (a) Aliens: Habeas Corpus to Release INS Detainee |
| None |
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| Filing 7 TRANSFERRED to the USDC Southern District of Indiana the electronic record. (vkm, ) |
| Filing 5 DESIGNATION of Temilade Oduala as U.S. Attorney for Respondents Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem, Officer In Charge / Docket Control Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Warden (Oduala, Temilade) |
| Filing 4 DESIGNATION of Geoffrey Park Gilpin as U.S. Attorney for Respondents Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem, Officer In Charge / Docket Control Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Warden (Gilpin, Geoffrey) |
| Filing 3 DESIGNATION of Joshua Samuel Press as U.S. Attorney for Respondents Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem, Officer In Charge / Docket Control Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Warden (Press, Joshua) |
| Filing 2 DESIGNATION of Craig Arthur Oswald as U.S. Attorney for Respondents Pamela Bondi, Russell Hott, Kristi Noem, Officer In Charge / Docket Control Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Warden (Oswald, Craig) |
| ELECTRONIC Acknowledgement of case transferred to the Southern District of Indiana as case 2:26-cv-00112, filed 02/18/2026. (aee, ) |
Filing 6
ORDER: This case is hereby transferred to the Southern District of Indiana forthwith. For core habeas petitions, venue is proper in the district of confinement--not apprehension. See Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 US. 426 (2004). As Petitioner unequivocally pleads, he is "physically housed at Clay County Justice Center in Indiana." #1 at 10. Venue is thus improper in the Northern District of Illinois and this case is transferred to the district of confinement--the Southern District of Indiana. See 28 U.S.C. 1404; Trump v. J.G.G., 604 U.S. 670, 672 (2025) (per curiam); Kholyavskiy v. Achim, 443 F.3d 946, 947 (7th Cir. 2006). For the sake of clarity, the court notes that it did not rule on any of the relief requested in #1 . Signed by the Honorable Martha M. Pacold on 2/17/2026: Mailed notice (vkm, )
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| CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Martha M. Pacold. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Daniel P. McLaughlin. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). (axk, ) |
| CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached #Consent To# form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. (axk, ) |
| Filing 1 COMPLAINT Habeas Corpus filed by DANIEL ALEJANDRO OFANTO ROMERO; NO. Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-24729644. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet Cover Sheet, #2 Exhibit I-94, #3 Exhibit I-213 No warrant, #4 Exhibit Chicago Field Offc)(Shipley, William) |
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