Gilmar Mendes Rejects Habeas Corpus as Bolsonaro Begins Isolated Custody at Papudinha

Overview

• The Supreme Court’s decano, Gilmar Mendes, refused to admit a habeas corpus for Jair Bolsonaro’s domiciliary detention because it was filed by a lawyer outside the ex‑president’s technical defense and is inadmissible against an individual minister’s act.
• Alexandre de Moraes declared himself impeded from handling the petition—since he was named as the authority questioned—and routed the case to Mendes while serving as the Court’s acting president during the recess.
• Following Moraes’ order, Bolsonaro was transferred to an individual Sala de Estado‑Maior in the PMDF’s Papudinha with roughly 65 m², bedroom, kitchen, laundry and private outdoor area, and authorization for exercise and physiotherapy equipment.
• The PMDF stated Bolsonaro will remain separated from other detainees with no shared circulation, meals or contact, enforcing the Supreme Court’s isolation order inside the custody unit.
• Bolsonaro’s defense continues to seek humanitarian home confinement on health grounds and requested board evaluations, as Moraes mandated round‑the‑clock medical coverage and allowed weekly one‑hour religious support visits by Bishop Robson Rodovalho and Pastor Thiago Manzoni.