Guanoluisa v. Francis
Anderson Omar Tacuri Guanoluisa and Edgar Tacuri as next of friend v. Ladeon Francis, In his official capacity as Acting Field Office Director of New York; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Kristi Noem In her official capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security; and Pam Bondi, in her official capacity as Attorney General.
- Vargas
- 1:25-cv-07012
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Anderson Omar Tacuri Guanoluisa v. Ladeon Francis, Judge Vargas barred removal while reviewing the habeas petition.
Anderson Omar Tacuri Guanoluisa, who may not be removed from the United States while the court considers his habeas petition; Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials must be notified.
What happened
Anderson Omar Tacuri Guanoluisa and Edgar Tacuri as next of friend v. Ladeon Francis concerns a petition challenging Anderson Omar Tacuri Guanoluisa’s arrest and detention by immigration authorities. The petition was filed by Edgar Tacuri as Anderson’s father.
The court ordered that Anderson Omar Tacuri Guanoluisa must not be removed from the United States unless the court later orders otherwise. The order was meant to preserve the court’s ability to decide the pending petition.
Judge Jeannette A. Vargas also directed the U.S. Attorney’s Office to promptly notify appropriate immigration officials and file a status report by September 4, 2025, at 5 p.m. The order did not decide whether the arrest or detention was unlawful.
The detailed version
- Guanoluisa v. Francis · No. 1:25-cv-07012
- Vargas
- Sept. 3, 2025
Background
On August 22, 2025, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus—a court challenge to allegedly unlawful detention—was filed on behalf of Anderson Omar Tacuri Guanoluisa. The petition says that the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement unlawfully arrested and detained him. The caption identifies Edgar Tacuri as Anderson’s next friend; the body of the order identifies Anderson’s father as “Edgard Tacuri.”
Order
The court ordered that Anderson Omar Tacuri Guanoluisa “shall not be removed from the United States unless and until the Court orders otherwise.” The court explained that this restriction was necessary to preserve its jurisdiction—that is, its authority to decide the pending habeas petition. This was an interim order; the opinion does not decide the petition’s challenge to the arrest or detention.
Notice and status report
The court directed that a copy of the order be served on the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. That office must immediately notify appropriate officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and file a status report by September 4, 2025, at 5 p.m.
Disposition
Judge Jeannette A. Vargas ordered that the petitioner not be removed unless and until the court orders otherwise. The opinion does not state that the habeas petition was granted or denied.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.