A man was held in ICE custody at the Golden State Annex Detention Facility in California. Immigration authorities treated his detention as mandatory, denying him a bond hearing to argue for his release while his case proceeded. He filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his detention, arguing he was entitled to a hearing before a judge under the law governing discretionary detention. The federal court agreed, finding his case was not legally different from several prior cases in which it had ordered similar releases. The judge ordered his immediate release from custody, directed the government to return his personal documents, and ruled that any future detention must include a proper bond hearing.