A San Diego federal judge Friday ordered an Afghan man who once had assisted the U.S. military as an interpreter to be released from custody.

Sayed Naser Noori was arrested by immigration authorities in June while appearing at his first asylum hearing since entering the United States last year.

At the hearing, Noori’s case was dismissed after government attorneys argued his notice to appear in court was “improvidently issued.” He was then arrested and placed in expedited removal proceedings.

U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel wrote in a brief order issued Friday that among his findings, Noori’s humanitarian parole was revoked “without notifying him, providing him reasoning for the revocation or giving him an opportunity to be heard,” which the judge said deprived Noori of his due proces

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