Keo
Keo v. Field Office Director, San Francisco Field Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SOKHEAN KEO, Case No. 24-cv-04280 NC (PR)
Petitioner,
ORDER OF TRANSFER
v.
CURRENT OR ACTING FIELD OFFICE DIRECTOR, et al., Respondents.
17 Petitioner, a non-citizen detainee currently confined at the Mesa Verde Detention Center in Bakersfield, California, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his prolonged detention without a hearing as unconstitutional. Dkt. No. 1 at 2. Petitioner names several Respondents, including the “Current or Acting” Field Office Director of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) Office located in San Francisco. Id. at 3. Petitioner cites several cases filed in the Northern District of California in which judges in the district exercised jurisdiction over similar § 2241 petitions naming the San Francisco Field Officer Director as a respondent. Id. at 3-4. However, the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Doe v.…