UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF KANSAS
IN RE: )
) STANDING ORDER 26-04
IMMIGRATION HABEAS CASES )
PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2241 )
STANDING ORDER
This Standing Order applies to any habeas case filed in this district pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 2241 in which the petitioner seeks relief relating to immigration proceedings or
detention by immigration officials, and in which no federal official or entity has been
named as a respondent. In any such case, the acting or current Secretary of the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) and the acting or current Director of Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) shall be permitted to intervene as respondents under Fed. R.
Civ. P. 24 (a)(2) and (b)(2), without the need for such officials to file a motion to intervene,
for the reasons set forth by the Court in its order granting a motion to intervene in Kurbanov
v. Warden, No. 26-3159 (June 26, 2026). Those officials shall be added as respondents by
the Court in the caption and record of any such case.
This order will remain in effect until further order of the Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 1st day of July, 2026.
s/John W. Broomes
JOHN W. BROOMES
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
