Becerra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELIAZAR GONZALEZ CHAVEZ, Case No. 1:24-cv-01032-EPG-HC

Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER LEAVE

TO FILE A MOTION TO AMEND THE

v. PETITION AND NAME A PROPER

RESPONDENT

MOISES BECERRA, et al.,

Respondents.

16 Petitioner, represented by counsel, is a federal immigration detainee proceeding with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on June 26, 2023. (ECF No. 1.) On August 28, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order transferring the petition to this Court in light of the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Doe v. Garland, 109 F.4th 1188 (9th Cir. 2024). (ECF No. 35.) “[L]ongstanding practice confirms that in habeas challenges to present physical confinement—‘core challenges’—the default rule is that the proper respondent is the warden of 26 …