Ceja Ayala v. Current or Acting Field Office Director, San Francisco Field Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 EDUARDO CEJA AYALA, Case No. 25-cv-00047-LB

12 Petitioner,

ORDER OF TRANSFER

13 v.

14 CURRENT OR ACTING FIELD OFFICE

DIRECTOR, SAN FRANCISCO FIELD

15 OFFICE, UNITED STATES

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS

16 ENFORCEMENT, et al., 17 Respondents.

18 19 Petitioner has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his detention by 20 immigration officials in Kern County. Petitioner is confined at the Golden State Annex, in 21 McFarland, California. Kern County lies within the venue of the Eastern District of California. See 22 28 U.S.C. § 84(b). 23 Venue is proper in a habeas action in either the district of confinement or the district of 24 conviction, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). The proper respondent to a habeas petition challenging an 25 immigrant’s detention pending a removal order is the warden of the facility housing the detainee. 26 See Doe v. Garland, 109 F.4th 1188, 1197 (9th Cir. 2024). The proper venue for such a…