(HC) Le v. Field Office Director, San Francisco Field Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HUY HOANG LE, Case No. 1:24-cv-01272-EPG-HC

Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER LEAVE

TO FILE A MOTION TO AMEND THE

v. PETITION AND NAME A PROPER

RESPONDENT

FIELD OFFICE DIRECTOR, SAN FRANCISCO FIELD OFFICE, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 Petitioner Huy Hoang Le is a federal immigration detainee proceeding pro se 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 August 30, 2024. (ECF No. 1.) On October 16, 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. 8.) “[L]ongstanding practice confirms that in habeas challenges to present physical confinement—‘core challenges’—the default rule is that the proper respondent is…