Arman Tigranyan v. Warden of California City Detention
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ARMAN TIGRANYAN, No. 1:25-cv-1554-DJC-SCR Petitioner, v. ORDER WARDEN OF CALIFORNIA CITY
DETENTION,
14 Respondent. 15 Petitioner, an immigration detainee who is representing himself, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Based on the length of petitioner’s immigration detention, the court provisionally authorizes petitioner to proceed in forma pauperis without prepayment of the filing fee for this action. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914. Respondent filed a response to petitioner’s § 2241 petition on November 28, 2025. ECF No. 6. In light of the complexity of the legal issues involved in this case, the court has determined that the interests of justice require the appointment of counsel. See Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952, 954 (9th Cir. 1983). The court will appoint Sophia Wang, of the U.C. Berkeley Law Criminal Law & Justice Center, to represent petitioner throughout the course of all proceedings in…