28 U.S.C. § 2241 Habeas · Bond Hearings · POCR · DHS FOIA

Workflow-driven case management for court + detention-based immigration law.

Auditable legal logic, deadline tracking + key date alerts, court-specific document generation — applied through a deterministic, guided intake.

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ICE facilities mapped to circuit, ERO field office, and respondents
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Federal circuit courts with encoded respondent determination rules
180
Day Zadvydas threshold with automated practitioner alerts
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Document templates for district court and administrative filings

Core Workflows

Beyond habeas. A complete detention and court-based immigration case management system.

One client matter can span multiple concurrent proceedings. Habeas Rabbit tracks each through a guided workflow while maintaining a unified case record.

28 U.S.C. § 2241

Habeas Corpus Petitions

Five-step guided intake covering client data, detention history across facility transfers, circuit-specific respondent selection, claim drafting, and document generation. Outputs a complete CM/ECF filing package.

EOIR · Immigration Court

Bond Hearings

Six-step workflow for bond motions, supporting briefs, and BIA appeals. Organizes hearing history, evidence checklists, and legal argument structure with applicable case citations.

ICE · Post-Order Custody Review

POCR Requests

Post-Order Custody Review workflow for clients under final orders of removal. Tracks EOIR and ICE record corrections with FOIA request generation and automated 90-day deadline monitoring.

Encoded Legal Logic

Deterministic rules, not AI approximations.

Substantive legal standards — respondent rules from Rumsfeld v. Padilla, Roman v. Ashcroft, and Doe v. Garland, plus the Zadvydas threshold — are applied programmatically at every step.

9th Circuit

Immediate Custodian Rule

The warden (immediate custodian) is the proper respondent for a core habeas challenge, filed in the district of confinement. Per Doe v. Garland, 109 F.4th 1188 (9th Cir. 2024); the earlier Armentero opinion was withdrawn.

6th Circuit

Roman Rule

The warden is named as immediate custodian; under Roman v. Ashcroft, 340 F.3d 314 (6th Cir. 2003), the Field Office Director is also an appropriate respondent. Only the Attorney General is excluded.

Default Circuits

Padilla Standard

Immediate custodian required, with the Field Office Director as a supplemental respondent where appropriate. Per Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426 (2004).

Built for busy immigration practitioners

13+ Document Templates

Petitions, civil cover sheets (JS-44), summons (AO-440), bond motions, BIA appeals, POCR letters, and FOIA requests — generated on your device as properly formatted DOCX files.

Detention Facility Intelligence

212 ICE facilities pre-mapped to their federal circuit, ERO field office, district court, and responsible respondents — auto-populated at intake.

Deadline Tracking and Alerts

Automated email alerts for Zadvydas threshold crossings, court filing deadlines, and FOIA statutory windows. Daily digest mode for routine matters; immediate delivery for critical thresholds.

Citation Verification

Case-law citations in generated documents are checked against the CourtListener index of 18M+ citations — a structured lookup, not an AI guess. Advisory only: it never blocks a download, and client identifiers are stripped before any text leaves your environment.

Start managing detention-based matters with precision.

Guided intake. Encoded respondent rules. Court-ready documents. No approximations.