Asadieidivand v. Rasool

• Court: District Court, D. Arizona
• Decided: August 11, 2025
• Docket: 2:25-cv-02475
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

9 Mehrad Asadieidivand, No. CV-25-02475-PHX-KML (JFM)

10 Petitioner, ORDER

11 v.

12 Ghulam Rasool, et al.,

13 Respondents. 14 15 Petitioner Mehrad Asadieidivand filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking 16 to be released from immigration detention. Respondents argue Asadieidivand is subject to 17 “mandatory detention without bond” and such detention is lawful. (Doc. 16 at 3.) 18 Asadieidivand also sought expedited limited discovery and bail pending resolution of his 19 petition. (Doc. 2, 3.) Resolving Asadieidivand’s habeas petition requires a more complete 20 record and Asadieidivand is entitled to expedited discovery. After that discovery, the 21 parties must file supplemental briefs. Oral argument is set for August 28, 2025. 22 According to the petition and response, in May 2022 Asadieidivand was detained 23 and placed in expedited removal proceedings. During a credible fear interview a few weeks 24 later, Asadieidivand’s testified he faced a reasonable fear of persecution if removed to Iran 25 and that testimony was deemed credible. (Doc. 1 at 6.) In early August 2022, Asadieidivand 26 was denied parole, but he requested a re-determination and the next day he was released 27 on $10,000 bond. Asadieidivand admits his release on bond “appeared to conflict with” a 28 decision by the Attorney General that individuals in his position were “ineligible for release 1 on bond, and could be administratively released only” via parole. (Doc. 1 at 9.)1 2 Asadieidivand remained free on bond until May 31, 2025, when immigration agents 3 arrested him claiming he “missed a court date in California.” (Doc. 1 at 10.) On June 9, 4 2025, respondents “formally canceled” Asadieidivand’s bond. (Doc. 1 at 10.) An 5 immigration official told Asadieidivand the new presidential administration means “we 6 don’t give paroles to anyone anymore under Trump’s law.” (Doc. 1 at 11.) Asadieidivand 7 filed a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging his “re-detention” as violative of 8 the Administrative Procedure Act and the Fifth Amendment’s due process and equal 9 protection clauses, and arguing the statute prohibiting bond to asylum-seekers violates the 10 Fifth Amendment’s due process clause (Doc. 1 at 13-18.) The same day he filed his 11 petition, Asadieidivand filed motions for bail and limited discovery. (Doc. 2, 3.) 12 Some of Asadieidivand’s claims require additional development of the record, 13 including information solely in the custody of respondents. More specifically, 14 Asadieidivand’s APA, due process, and equal protection claims depend in part on the basis 15 for respondents returning him to custody while he remained on bond, seeking his re- 16 detention, canceling his bond, and the process followed during those events. That 17 information should appear in Asadieidivand’s A-File or in government communications 18 regarding the arrest of Asadieidivand and other Iranians. There is “good cause” for 19 allowing such discovery because, “if the facts are fully developed, [Asadieidivand may] be 20 able to demonstrate that he is entitled to relief.” Bracy v. Gramley, 520 U.S. 899, 909 21 (1997) (simplified). The discovery outlined in Asadieidivand’s motion must be produced 22 within 10 days of this order. 23 The court also construes petitioner’s motion for bail as a motion for injunctive relief 24 under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 and intends to consolidate a decision on that 25 motion with a decision on the merits of the petition. Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(a)(2). 26 After the production of the discovery, the parties must file supplemental

27 1 Asadieidivand was told a full hearing on his asylum application was “calendared in Texas for April of 2026” (Doc. 1 at 9.) But that merits hearing now may be set for August 26, 28 2025. (Doc. 16 at 2.) 1 simultaneous briefs addressing the following: 2 1. Is the determination whether to grant parole meaningfully different from the 3 determination whether to grant bond? Assuming an individual is eligible for bond, 4 is it plausible he would be granted bond but denied parole? 5 2. Is it plausible to infer DHS intended for petitioner to be released in August 2022? 6 3. What process is required for revocation of bond and was that process followed here? 7 4. What process is required to detain an individual who has been released on bond 8 before that bond has been canceled, and was that process followed here? 9 5. If Asadieidivand had been granted parole in 2022, what process would have been 10 required before that parole was revoked? 11 6. Was the release of Asadieidivand on bond void ab initio? If void ab initio, why was 12 it necessary for respondents to “cancel[]” the bond on June 9, 2025? (Doc. 16 at 2.) 13 7. If the 2022 bond was not void, and was not cancelled until June 9, 2025, what was 14 the legal authority for petitioner’s detention between May 31 and June 9, 2025? 15 8. Are asylum-seekers such as Asadieidivand still being considered for parole? If 16 respondents have adopted a policy of no longer granting parole, is that policy 17 consistent with the governing statutory text? 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 1 Accordingly, 2 IT IS ORDERED the Motion for Discovery (Doc. 3) is GRANTED. Respondents shall provide all responsive information, or a declaration that no such responsive information exists, within ten days of this order. 5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED no later than noon on August 25, 2025, the parties 6|| shall file supplemental simultaneous briefs of no more than ten pages addressing the questions above. 8 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED oral argument is set for 11:00 a.m. on August 28, 2025. 10 Dated this 11th day of August, 2025. 11 12 4 {ff Vo ’ Vy f \ G. / ,

Honorable Krissa M. Lanham 14 United States District Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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