Two new petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 have been filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky by people held in immigration detention. These habeas corpus petitions challenge the lawfulness or length of detention—not the underlying deportation case itself. The petitioners are held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, nearly all at the Kenton County Detention Center in Covington. Year-to-date, 161 such petitions have been filed in the district.
- Nolasco v. Maydak, Case No. 2:26-cv-00278, filed June 26, 2026, assigned to Judge David L. Bunning.
- Tsiklauri v. Daley, Case No. 2:26-cv-00279, filed June 26, 2026, assigned to Judge David L. Bunning.
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.
