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S.D.N.Y.Substantive rulingFiled Aug. 12, 2025

Bassirou v. Joyce

Judge
Ho
Docket
1:25-cv-06373
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
HabeasCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Bassirou v. Joyce, Judge Ho granted Bassirou Samb’s petition and ordered his release from custody by 5 p.m. August 13, 2025.

Who this affects

Bassirou Samb was ordered to be released from custody by 5 p.m. on August 13, 2025. The respondents were required to certify compliance with the order.

What happened

In Bassirou v. Joyce, Bassirou Samb filed a petition while in custody. The order does not explain the petition’s specific legal basis.

The court relied on its opinion and order in a prior related proceeding. The respondents agreed that the earlier decision controlled the result here.

Judge Dale E. Ho granted the petition and ordered that Bassirou Samb be released from custody by 5 p.m. on August 13, 2025. The court also canceled the August 14 conference and required the respondents to file proof that they complied.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Bassirou v. Joyce · No. 1:25-cv-06373
Judge
Ho
Date
Aug. 12, 2025

Background

Bassirou Samb was the petitioner, and Willim P. Joyce and others were identified as respondents. The order concerns a petition filed while Samb was in custody. The text does not identify the petition’s statutory basis or describe the underlying legal claim.

Court’s Reasoning

The court stated that it was acting for the reasons given in its opinion and order in a prior related proceeding. The respondents conceded that the prior decision controlled the result in this case. The order itself does not restate the reasoning from that earlier decision, and it states that a further opinion would follow.

Ruling

Judge Dale E. Ho ordered that the petition be granted and that Samb be released from custody no later than 5 p.m. on August 13, 2025. The court canceled the conference previously scheduled for August 14, 2025, and ordered the respondents to certify compliance by filing on the docket.

The authoritative version

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