United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit author aut Government Organization text government publication eng USCOURTS Judicial Publications judicial 2026-03-24 Administrative Office of the United States Courts 2026-02-06 monographic deposited born digital 43 digital object pages JU 2.11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496 P0b002ee1dffb4c7d DGPO 2026-03-24 2026-03-24 USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496 machine generated eng fdlp USCOURTS USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496 Appellate ca5 5th 1050 25-20496 463 Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee 25-20496 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496 JU 2.11 25-20496;25-20496 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 5th Circuit U.S. Courts author aut Matthew W. Baker Baker Matthew Appellant Pamela Bondi, U.S. Attorney General Bondi, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Appellant Victor Buenrostro-Mendez Buenrostro-Mendez Victor Appellee Martin Frink, Warden, Houston Contract Detention Facility, CoreCivic Frink, Warden, Houston Contract Detention Facility, CoreCivic Martin Appellant John Linscott Linscott John Appellant Todd M. Lyons Lyons Todd Appellant Kristi Noem, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Noem, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kristi Appellant USCOURTS USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496 Appellate ca5 5th 1050 25-20496 463 Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee PUBLISHED OPINION FILED. [25-20496 Reversed 25-40701 Reversed ] Judge: EHJ , Judge: SKD , Judge: DMD Mandate issue date is 03/30/2026. (This opinion includes URL material that is archived by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Library, and made available at http://www.lb5.uscourts.gov/ArchivedURLS/.) [10769107-2] [25-20496, 25-40701] 0 2026-02-06 D09002ee1dffc2fd7 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496/USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496-0 ca5-25-20496_0.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496/USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496-0 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496/pdf/USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496-0.pdf USCOURTS 25-20496; Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit USCOURTS-ca5-25-20496-0 0 2026-02-06 PUBLISHED OPINION FILED. [25-20496 Reversed 25-40701 Reversed ] Judge: EHJ , Judge: SKD , Judge: DMD Mandate issue date is 03/30/2026. (This opinion includes URL material that is archived by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Library, and made available at http://www.lb5.uscourts.gov/ArchivedURLS/.) [10769107-2] [25-20496, 25-40701]