Man from Ecuador Detained by ICE on June 30 Has Transfer Postponed by Storm so Files Habeas

Man from Ecuador Detained by ICE on June 30 Has Transfer Postponed by Storm so Files Habeas by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 19 – A man "alleged" from Ecuador detained by ICE in the Orange County Correctional Facility filed a habeas corpus petition in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Sunday, July 19, where Inner City Press found it.    The petition says that he was detained on or about June 30, and that on the morning of Saturday, July 18, 2026, officers told him he would be move to another facility that day. "A storm that day appears to have postposted the transfer" until at least July 20.  The habeas petition was filed on Sunday July 19  - establishing venue - and was assigned to Judge Ronnie Abrams, who ordered that the petitioner not be moved out of SDNY, EDNY or DNJ without further order of the Court. The case is Barros Toapanta v. Mullin, et al., 1:26-cv-6105 (Abrams) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com