Yojelsy David Colmenares Mendoza v. Field Office Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, San Diego; Warden, Otay Mesa Detention Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 YOJELSY DAVID COLMENARES Case No.: 3:26-cv-11-JES-VET

MENDOZA,

ORDER FOR BOND HEARING

Petitioner, 13 v.

FIELD OFFICE DIRECTOR, U.S.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS

ENFORCEMENT, SAN DIEGO; and

WARDEN, OTAY MESA DETENTION

CENTER,

18 Respondents.

Before the Court is Petitioner Yojelsy David Colmenares Mendoza’s (“Petitioner”) Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. Pursuant to the Court’s OSC order, Respondents filed a response. ECF No. 4. In the response, Respondents acknowledged that Petitioner must be considered detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), pursuant to the final judgment entered in Maldonado Bautista v. Santacruz, No. 5:25-CV-01873-SSS-BFM, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2025 WL 3289861 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 20, 2025). Accordingly, the Court GRANTS IN PART the petition as follows: // 28 (1) The Court ORDERS Respondents to provide Petitioner with a bond determination hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within…