Five petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 were filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. These petitions are filed by people held in immigration detention—nearly all at the Kenton County Detention Center in Covington—seeking federal judicial review of the lawfulness or length of their detention. These are not appeals of deportation orders. Through July 23, 2026, 174 such petitions have been filed in the distric…
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