Meruzhan Harutyunyan v. Warden of the Golden State Annex Detention Facility, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MERUZHAN HARUTYUNYAN, No. 1:25-cv-00859-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING SUPPLEMENTAL

BRIEFING

v.

TEN-DAY DEADLINE

WARDEN OF THE GOLDEN STATE

ANNEX DETENTION FACILITY, et al., Respondents. 17 18 Petitioner, an immigrant detainee in U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Golden State Annex Detention Facility in McFarland, California, has pending a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging his “ongoing prolonged detention” without a bond hearing. (Doc. No. 1, “Petition”). Respondent filed a Motion to Dismiss on September 30, 2025. (Doc. No. 14). Petitioner did not file an opposition. (See Doc. No. 9 at 3, ¶ 4 directing a response to a motion to dismiss in twenty-one (21) days). Federal courts have an independent duty to consider their own subject-matter jurisdiction. Fed. Rule of Civ. P. 12(h)(3); United Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell & Reed, Inc., 360 F.3d 27 …