The ICE agents claimed (falsely, it turns out) that they had a warrant in open court, but never produced it. It very likely was all just a lie — encouraged by the now disgraced and departed Greg Bovino. [See at right, from Fall of last year.]

In any event, this married family man (here on papers, but detained) will be back home — with his family, by Labor Day. But he was lawlessly detained for over a year. These people are… deplorable. I will link the order, but not name the detained man here, for safety’s sake. Here’s that:

…It is also apparent that the I-200 referenced in CCP’s I-213 is not the I-200 that defendants produced. The I-213 states that officers ran a records check on CCP after they identified him at the ICE office on October 10; discovered that he had an order of removal; an I200 warrant was issued by SDDO (Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer) Waldschmidt on scene; and that CCP was arrested pursuant to this warrant and his order of removal. The I200, by contrast, is dated October 9, 2025; was signed by SDDO T. Janowski; and was served on CCP on October 9, 2025. Although the Court pointed out these issues concerning the I-200s during the August 18 hearing and sought an answer to the question of how CCP would have been served with an I-200 arrest warrant on October 9 when he was not arrested until October 10 (Dckt. #502 at 6-7), defense counsel’s supplemental response did not provide an answer. Nor did defendants produce the I-200 purportedly issued by SDDO Waldschmidt, and the Court finds that the failure to produce this warrant is evidence that it does not exist. Castanon Nava, 806 F.Supp.3d at 856 (citing cases).

Given the unreliability of the I-213 and the Court’s inference that the I-200 warrant purportedly issued by SDDO Waldschmidt does not exist, the Court finds that CCP was subjected to a warrantless arrest on October 10, 2025. The Court further finds that defendants lacked probable cause that CCP was a risk to flee before a warrant could be obtained given the abundant evidence known by ICE that he was not a flight risk. In particular, the I-213 reflects that CCP is married with a wife and child in the U.S; he is employed; he has no felony convictions; and that he voluntarily appeared at the ICE office for his check-in appointment.

For these reasons, the Court finds that plaintiffs have proven by a preponderance of the evidence that ICE officers subjected CCP to a warrantless arrest without probable cause that he posed a risk of escape before a warrant could be obtained.

Accordingly, CCP is entitled to relief under the Consent Decree, and he shall be released without bond and without conditions no later than the close of business on Friday, August 28, 2026. Defendants shall certify their compliance with the terms of this Order by Tuesday, September 1, 2026….

Now you know — onward, resolutely. We must lawfully resist (in the courts) lawless thuggery and tyranny, from MAGA arms of federal enforcers. Period.

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