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![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Roseline K. N.,
Petitioner,
v.
Pam Bondi, et al.,
Respondents.
No. 26-cv-540 (KMM/SGE)
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Petitioner Roseline K. N.’s Petition for a Writ of
Habeas Corpus. [Dkt. 1.] For the reasons below, the Court grants the habeas petition.
Background
Roseline K. N. is a citizen of Kenya. [Id. ¶¶ 7, 12.] She has lived in the United States
since 2005. [Id. ¶ 12.] Petitioner has no criminal history, except for “one traffic related
violation,” and is not subject to a final removal order. [Id. ¶¶ 13–14.] On January 16, 2026,
Roseline K. N. was arrested by immigration officers outside a CVS where she had gone to
pick up her seizure medication. [Id. ¶ 17.] There is no evidence that she was the subject of
a judicial or administrative warrant, and she has not been afforded a bond hearing. [Id. ¶¶
17, 35.] Respondents’ position is that Roseline K. N. is subject to mandatory detention
pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2), and they point to no other statutory or legal basis for her
detention. [Dkt. 7 at 1–2.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7a4j47j42ezdr3au7pxdlzjt/bafkreifwgn6bms5ldappzp5olc724teni55pcgl6fxieorpiby3uph23tq)
