1 new immigration-detention habeas petition filed in E.D. Kentucky
A petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 has been newly docketed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Such petitions are filed by people held in immigration detention, nearly all at the Kenton County Detention Center in Covington, challenging the lawfulness or length of their confinement. These are not appeals of deportation orders. So far in 2026, 193 such petitions have been filed in the district.
- Lherisse v. Maydak, Case No. 2:26-cv-00357, filed August 26, 2026, assigned to Judge David L. Bunning.
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This roundup was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from public U.S. District Court (Eastern District of Kentucky) docket records via CourtListener. It lists newly filed 28 U.S.C. § 2241 immigration-detention habeas petitions — case caption, docket number, filing date, and assigned judge — together with standing legal context. It does not characterize the contents or merits of any individual petition. How we make these.