Ariel Josue Ashqui-Mejia v. Corey Riendeau, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Ariel Josue Ashqui-Mejia Petitioner, v. Case No. 1:25-cv-0308-JL-AJ Opinion No.

2025 DNH 147

Corey Riendeau, et al. Respondents. ORDER Ariel Josue Ashqui-Mejia’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus presents a narrow but recurring statutory question: whether a noncitizen who was apprehended near the border, released into the United States on his own recognizance pending removal proceedings, and may be denied a bond hearing when re-detained years later as an asserted “applicant for admission” subject to mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. §…