Garro Pinchi v. Noem: Habeas Petition Templates for Release From Immigration Detention

On December 19, 2025, a federal district court in California blocked the Trump administration’s policy of unlawfully re-arresting and re-detaining immigrants the government previously released from custody after concluding they were neither dangerous nor a flight risk. For decades, people who met these criteria were allowed to remain free while their immigration case proceeded if they complied with their conditions of release.

The ruling in Garro Pinchi v. Noem prohibits ICE from re-arresting and re-detaining members of the class and subclass (as defined in the Practice Advisory and FAQs) at immigration court, an ICE or Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP) check-in, a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services appointment, or anywhere else without a material change in circumstances as to their dangerousness or flight risk.

If you believe you, your client, or a loved one has been detained by immigration agents in the San Francisco ICE Field Office’s Area of Responsibility in violation of the Garro Pinchi v. Noem order, Centro Legal de la Raza and our partners have resources available to help:

1. Please fill out this form which will go to the attorneys handling the case. They may contact you with additional questions.
2. You also may consider filing a habeas petition to seek the individual’s release from custody using the templates below. A habeas petition is a document filed with a federal district court that explains that someone is being held in custody unlawfully and requests that the court release them.