Three Men Ask a Toledo Federal Judge to Free Them After Months in ICE Detention at the Stryker Jail
The James M. Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley U.S. Courthouse in downtown Toledo, where the three habeas petitions were filed. (Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons)
Three men being held at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO) in Stryker have asked a federal judge in Toledo to free them, challenging months of detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to court records reported by The Lake Erie Inquiry.
The three habeas corpus petitions were filed Oct. 27 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Each of the men was picked up at a scheduled ICE check-in, the report says.
Tri Bao Dao, a Vietnamese refugee who came to the United States at age 7 in 1979, has been held for about nine months after being detained Feb. 5, 2026, at an ICE check-in in Detroit. Vietnam has not issued travel papers for him. ICE’s custody review in May cited his prior convictions for assault and drug trafficking and possession; his petition says he has served his time and regrets it. His former employer, Meade Lexus of Southfield, says it will rehire him, and more than 10 people wrote letters on his behalf.
Mamadou Ndiaye, from Senegal, entered the U.S. in California in November 2023, settled in Columbus and worked at a hotel. He was detained in December 2025 at an ICE appointment and ordered deported to Uganda — not Senegal. A charter flight was called off after an Ebola outbreak, according to the report.
Aly Ba is the third petitioner. At least 28 habeas petitions have been filed from the Stryker jail this year; 20 have ended, with judges ordering release or a bond hearing in 12 of them.
The day after the three petitions were filed, Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken and Sheriff Mike Navarre proposed that the jail stop holding ICE detainees. The CCNO board rejected the proposal 8–2. The jail continues to take ICE detainees while the board studies the cost of stopping.
Lucas County was billed $4.5 million of the $9.7 million the jail charged its five member counties last year.
Source: The Lake Erie Inquiry, “Three men challenge months of ICE detention in Stryker,” published Nov. 8, 2026, 7:21 AM ET, updated 4:39 PM ET.
