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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11 KENNEDY NDOLO TIMINA, Case No. 1:25-cv-00804-JLT-SAB-HC

12 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

GRANT PETITION FOR WRIT OF

13 v. HABEAS CORPUS AND RELEASE

PETITIONER ON APPROPRIATE

14 MINGA WOFFORD, et al., CONDITIONS

15 Respondents.

16 17 Petitioner, represented by counsel, is an immigration detainee proceeding with a petition 18 for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 19 I. 20 BACKGROUND 21 Petitioner is a citizen of Kenya. (ECF No. 1 at 5; ECF No. 12 at 2; ECF No. 12-1 at 2.1) 22 On or about July 27, 2015, Petitioner entered the United States as a nonimmigrant student 23 pursuant to an F-1 student visa. (ECF No. 12 at 2; ECF No. 12-1 at 2.) Petitioner’s F-1 visa 24 expired on November 18, 2016. (Id.) On December 19, 2023, Petitioner was convicted in the 25 United States District Court for the Central District of California of conspiracy to distribute and 26 possess with intent to distribute oxycodone,…