Warden
Yevgeniy Velentino Kostenko v. Warden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
CIVIL MINUTE S – GENERAL
Case No. 5:25-cv-00909-VBF (SK) Date: June 2, 2025 Title Yevgeniy Velentino Kostenko v. Warden
Present: The Honorable: Steve Kim, United States Magistrate Judge
Connie Chung n/a Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder
Attorneys Present for Petitioner: Attorneys Present for Respondent:
None present None present
Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
In March 2025, petitioner was arrested in San Luis Obispo County, California on a fugitive warrant issued by an Oregon state criminal court. (See San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dep’t Inmate Locator, Booking No. 2502342116). He was then evidently transferred to the West Valley Detention Center in San Bernardino County. There, the San Bernardino County superior court conducted an extradition hearing in April 2025 and ordered petitioner extradited to the state of Oregon to answer the criminal charges there. See People v. Kostenko, Case No. FSB25001113. While in County custody, petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus collaterally attacking his extradition order…