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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MERUZHAN HARUTYUNYAN, No. 1:25-cv-00859-HBK (HC) 12 Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING SUPPLEMENTAL

BRIEFING

13 v.

TEN-DAY DEADLINE

14

WARDEN OF THE GOLDEN STATE

15 ANNEX DETENTION FACILITY, et al., 16 Respondents. 17 18 19 Petitioner, an immigrant detainee in U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) 20 custody at the Golden State Annex Detention Facility in McFarland, California, has pending a pro 21 se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging his “ongoing 22 prolonged detention” without a bond hearing. (Doc. No. 1, “Petition”). Respondent filed a 23 Motion to Dismiss on September 30, 2025. (Doc. No. 14). Petitioner did not file an opposition. 24 (See Doc. No. 9 at 3, ¶ 4 directing a response to a motion to dismiss in twenty-one (21) days). 25 Federal courts have an independent duty to consider their own subject-matter jurisdiction. 26 Fed. Rule of Civ. P. 12(h)(3); United Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell & Reed, Inc., 360 F.3d 27 …