Nguyen
Ut Van Nguyen v. Kristi Noem, et al.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 UT VAN NGUYEN, Case No.: 25cv3032-LL-MMP
12 Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING PETITION
13 v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2241
14 KRISTI NOEM, et al.,
15 Respondents. [ECF No. 1] 16
17 Pending before the Court is Petitioner Ut Van Nguyen’s Petition for Writ of Habeas 18 Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. The matter is fully briefed, and the Court 19 deems it suitable for determination on the papers and without oral argument pursuant to 20 Civil Local Rule 7.1. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS the Petition for Writ of 21 Habeas Corpus, DENIES AS MOOT the Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, and 22 ORDERS Petitioner’s immediate release from custody. 23 I. BACKGROUND 24 Petitioner was born in Vietnam and came to the United States as a refugee with his 25 family in 1984. ECF No. 1 (“Pet.”) at 5. He was ten years old. Id. They soon obtained green 26 cards. Id. In 1997, he was convicted of robbery. ECF…