Ashot Ohanyan v. Warden of California City Detention

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ASHOT OHANYAN, No. 1:25-cv-1661-TLN-SCR 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 WARDEN OF CALIFORNIA CITY

DETENTION,

15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, an immigration detainee who is representing himself, filed a petition for a writ 18 of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Based on the length of time in which petitioner 19 has been in immigration detention, the court provisionally authorizes petitioner to proceed in 20 forma pauperis without prepayment of the filing fee in this action. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914. 21 The court has conducted a preliminary review of the petition pursuant to Rule 4 of the 22 Rules Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under Section 2254.1 In light of the complexity of the 23 legal issues involved, the court has determined that the interests of justice require the appointment 24 of counsel for petitioner. See Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952, 954 (9th Cir. 1983). Professor 25 Jacqueline Brown, Director of Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic at the University of 26…