Maria Eugenia Atencio Machado v. Director of the Otay Mesa Detention Center, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIA EUGENIA ATENCIO MACHADO, Case No.: 25-cv-3277-JES-JLB
Petitioner,
ORDER:
v. (1) GRANTING MOTION TO DIRECTOR OF THE OTAY MESA
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
DETENTION CENTER, et al., 15 Respondents. (2) SETTING BRIEFING 16 SCHEDULE; and 17 (3) STAYING REMOVAL OF
PETITIONER TO PRESERVE
JURISDICTION
20 [ECF Nos. 1, 2] 21 Before the Court is Petitioner Maria Eugenia Atencio Machado’s (“Petitioner”) Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. On November 19, 2025, Petitioner filed a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis in which she attests that she has no means to pay the $5.00 filing fee on November 19, 2025. ECF No. 2. The Court addresses both filings below. The Court GRANTS Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. The Clerk shall FILE the Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus without prepayment of the filing fee. To preserve the Court’s jurisdiction pending…