These are habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, filed by people in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody who ask a federal judge to review whether their detention is lawful or how long it has lasted. They are not appeals of deportation orders. Nearly all of these petition ers are held at the Kenton County Detention Center in Covington. So far in 2026, 227 such petitions have been filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky. The following petitions were newly docketed: Vasquez v. Daley, Case No. 2:26-cv-00414, filed October 6, 2026, assigned to Judge David L. Bunning. Lopez-Galardo v. Kenton County Detention Center, Case No. 2:26-cv-00411, filed October 5, 2026, assigned to Judge S. Chad Meredith. Perez-Romero v. Daley, Case No. 2:26-cv-00412, filed October 5, 2026, assigned to Judge David L. Bunning. Ugli Niyozov v. Maydak, Case No. 2:26-cv-00413, filed October 5, 2026, assigned to Judge Karen K. Caldwell. Moukhtar v. Fields, Case No. 2:26-cv-00407, filed October 2, 2026, assigned to Judge David L. Bunning. J. Z. S. v. Fields, Case No. 2:26-cv-00410, filed October 2, 2026, assigned to Judge David L. Bunning. These entries reflect only the docket information available at filing. A petition is an initial request, and the court has not ruled on the merits of any of these cases. Sources U.S. District Court, E.D. Ky. (via CourtListener) Vasquez v. Daley, No. 2:26-cv-00414 (E.D. Ky.) docket Lopez-Galardo v. Kenton County Detention Center, No. 2:26-cv-00411 (E.D. Ky.) docket Perez-Romero v. Daley, No. 2:26-cv-00412 (E.D. Ky.) docket Ugli Niyozov v. Maydak, No. 2:26-cv-00413 (E.D. Ky.) docket Moukhtar v. Fields, No. 2:26-cv-00407 (E.D. Ky.) docket J. Z. S. v. Fields, No. 2:26-cv-00410 (E.D. Ky.) docket This roundup was generated by AI (claude-haiku-5-5) from public U.S. District Court (Eastern District of Kentucky) docket records via CourtListener. It lists newly filed 28 U.S.C. § 2241 immigration-detention habeas petitions — case caption, docket number, filing date, and assigned judge — together with standing legal context. It does not characterize the contents or merits of any individual petition. View in feeds The post 6 new immigration-detention habeas petitions filed in Kentucky’s federal court appeared first on The Lexington Times. ...read more read less