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Holzbaur Law
For families in Jacksonville with someone held in Baker County: how a bond hearing works here, how fast it can happen, and what the judge looks at.
Holzbaur Law represents detained immigrants at bond hearings before the Orlando Immigration Court and in federal habeas proceedings in Jacksonville, and helps families through the bond payment so release is not delayed.
When someone from Jacksonville is detained by ICE, they are usually taken to one of the two Baker County facilities. Within days, ICE decides whether to set a bond. If the amount is out of reach or ICE refuses, the family's next step is a bond redetermination hearing before an immigration judge in Orlando, and the quality of the preparation for that single hearing usually decides whether the person comes home.
Attorney John Holzbaur prepares and argues these hearings personally. When the court rules that it has no authority to grant bond, increasingly common since 2025, he is admitted to the Middle District of Florida and can file a habeas corpus petition at the federal courthouse a few blocks from our office.
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Local practice
Three practical things that affect timing and outcome for families here.
Once we file the bond request, the Orlando court usually schedules the hearing within one to three weeks. We use that window to gather letters, proof of address and work, and the outline of the defense to removal.
Bond is paid to ICE, online through CeBONDS or in person at an ERO office, by someone with lawful status and ID, never at the detention facility. We prepare the family so payment happens the day bond is granted.
Since 2025, judges have been told many people who entered without inspection cannot be bonded at all. Federal judges in Florida and elsewhere have disagreed in many cases. A habeas petition in the Jacksonville federal court is how that fight is brought.
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Serving Jacksonville, Baker County, and North Florida, including NAS Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport, and the Middle District of Florida.