Juan Sanchez Alvarez v. MarkWayne Mullin

── Juan Sanchez Alvarez v. MarkWayne Mullin ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Date: May 11, 2026 Category: General RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 26a0139p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ┐ JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ-CAMPOS (25-1965); JUAN │ CARLOS SANCHEZ ALVAREZ (25-1969); JOSE DANIEL │ CONTRERAS-CERVANTES; FREDY DE LOS │ ANGELES-FLORES; MARIELA VIRGINIA OCANDO-LEON; │ LUIS FELIPE JARQUIN-JARQUIN; DEBBIE VASQUEZ- │ CRUZ; JAIRO MANUEL GODOY-PEREZ; MARIFER DIAZ- │ ALCANTAR; MIGUEL ANGEL REYES-SANCHEZ > Nos. 25-1965/1969/1978/1982 (25-1978); JESUS JOSE PIZARRO REYES (25-1982), │ Petitioners-Appellees, │ │ v. │ │ KEVIN RAYCRAFT, Immigration and Customs │ Enforcement, Acting Director of Detroit Field Office, │ Enforcement and Removal Operations (25- │ 1965/1969/1978/1982); MARKWAYNE MULLIN, │ Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security; │ U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY │ (25-1965/1969); TODD W. BLANCHE, Acting U.S. │ Attorney General; EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION │ REVIEW (25-1965), │ Respondents-Appellants. │ ┘ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit. Nos. 25-cv-12486 (25-1965); 25-cv-13073 (25-1978)—Brandy R. McMillion, District Judge; No. 25-cv-12546 (25-1982)—Robert Jerome White, District Judge. _________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids. No. 25-cv-01090 (25-1969)—Jane M. Beckering, District Judge. Argued: March 18, 2026 Decided and Filed: May 11, 2026 Before: COLE, CLAY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.  Nos. 25-1965/1969/1978/1982 Lopez-Campos, et al. v. Raycraft, et al. Page 2 _________________ COUNSEL ARGUED: Benjamin Hayes, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. My Khanh Ngo, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, San Francisco, California, for all Appellees. ON BRIEF: Benjamin Hayes, Jesse D. Lorenz, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. My Khanh Ngo, Michael K.T. Tan, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, San Francisco, California, Miriam J. Aukerman, Marty Berger, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Judy Rabinovitz, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, Ramis J. Wadood, Philip Mayor, Bonsitu Kitaba-Gaviglio, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, for all Appellees. Russell Reid Abrutyn, ABRUTYN LAW PLLC, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellee Pizarro Reyes. Amit Jain, RODERICK & SOLANGE MACARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER, Washington, D.C., Suchita Mathur, AMERIC