N.A.
N.A. v. LaRose
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 N.A., Case No.: 25-cv-2384-RSH-BLM
12 Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING PETITION
13 v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
14 CHRISTOPHER J. LAROSE, Senior Warden, Otay Mesa Detention Center, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 17 18 19 20 Petitioner N.A. seeks habeas relief from this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 21 ECF No. 1. Petitioner, an Iranian national, is detained by U.S. Customs and Immigration 22 Enforcement (“ICE”) at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California. Id. ¶¶ 23 1, 18. 24 This case presents the straightforward question of whether Petitioner’s detention is 25 lawful under the statute that Respondents invoke to justify that detention, 8 U.S.C. § 26 1225(b)(1)(B)(ii). The Court determines that her detention is not authorized by that statute, 27 and therefore grants the petition. 28 // 1 I. BACKGROUND 2 On September 13, 2025, Petitioner initiated this action by filing a petition for writ 3 of habeas corpus…