Overview

• The ACLU of Michigan filed the case on Sept. 29 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan seeking bond hearings or release for eight detained residents.
• Lead plaintiff Jose Daniel Contreras-Cervantes, 33, was arrested after an Aug. 5 traffic stop in Macomb County and is held at the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin.
• His wife and attorneys report a 22-day lapse in leukemia medication during transfers between Michigan and Ohio, followed by a substitute drug not recommended by his doctors.
• The petition cites dozens of similar habeas cases in recent months in which judges have largely granted hearings or ordered release, and one of the eight named detainees was released after this filing.
• ICE provided no immediate comment as the lawsuit asks the court to order immediate release or require bond hearings within seven days.