Wofford

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 10 NECTALI ROMERO-ROMERO, ) Case No.: 1:24-cv-00944-SKO (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ) ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO v. ) GRANT MOTION TO DISMISS ) ) [Doc. 8] MINGA WOFFORD1, Facility Administrator, ) ) [21-DAY OBJECTION DEADLINE] Respondents. )

) ) 19 Petitioner is an immigration detainee proceeding with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He is represented in this action by the Federal Public Defender. Petitioner filed the instant petition on August 14, 2024. (Doc. 1.2) On October 29, 2024, Respondent 23 24 1 Respondent moves to dismiss all unlawfully named officials. As explained by the Supreme Court in Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 430 (2004), the proper respondent in habeas cases is the “warden of the facility where the prisoner is being held, not the Attorney General…