Andrews

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ARSHPREET SINGH, No. 1:25-cv-01543-DCJ-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 TONYA ANDREWS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Petitioner, a native and citizen of India, entered the United States without 19 inspection in March 2023, near Lukeville, Arizona. After a brief detention by 20 immigration authorities, he was released on his own recognizance on March 21, 2023. 21 On October 26, 2025, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) 22 officers detained him, purportedly pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b). Petitioner is 23 presently in ICE custody at the Golden State Annex Center in McFarland, California. 24 On November 6, 2025, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 25 (“USCIS”) approved Petitioner’s application for Special Immigrant Juvenile 26 classification. On November 12, 2025, Petitioner filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas 27 Corpus along with a Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary 28 Injunction, arguing that he cannot be lawfully detained…