Grishchenko
Viktor Grishchenko v. Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Todd M. Lyons, Acting Director, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jesus Rocha, Acting Field Office Director, San Diego Field Office, Christopher Larose, Warden at Otay Mesa Detention Center
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VIKTOR GRISHCHENKO, Case No.: 25-cv-3514-JES-JLB
Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING PETITION
v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
KRISTI NOEM, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, [ECF No. 1] 15 PAMELA JO BONDI, Attorney General, TODD M. LYONS, Acting Director, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 17 JESUS ROCHA, Acting Field Office Director, San Diego Field Office, CHRISTOPHER LAROSE, Warden at 19 Otay Mesa Detention Center, 20 Respondents. 21 22 23 24
26 Before the Court is Petitioner Viktor Grishchenko’s Petition for Writ of Habeas 27 Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, filed on December 10, 2025. ECF No. 1 (“Pet.”). 28 Respondents filed a return on December 16, 2025. ECF No. 9. Petitioner filed a traverse on December 17, 2025. ECF No. 10. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the Petition. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner is a citizen of Russia who entered the United States in April of 2023. Pet. 6 …