Chestnut

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GOUSTAVE JOCELIN, Case No. 1:25-cv-01500-KES-SAB-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

REGARDING PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS

CHRISTOPHER CHESTNUT, et al.,

Respondents.

14 Petitioner, represented by counsel, is proceeding with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner is a citizen of Haiti. (ECF No. 1 at 5; ECF No. 11-1 at 2.1) Petitioner, his spouse, and his child entered the United States on or about September 22, 2021. All three family members have remained in the United States since then. (ECF No. 1 at 6.) Petitioner applied for and received Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”)2 in 2023. On July 12, 2024, Mr. Jocelin 23 1 Page numbers refer to ECF page numbers stamped at the top of the page. 2 “Pursuant to the TPS statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1254a, the DHS Secretary may designate a foreign state for TPS when nationals of that state cannot return…