Wofford

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

H.J.G.G., Case No. 1:25-cv-01718-JLT-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

GRANT PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

v. (ECF No. 2) MINGA WOFFORD, et al.,

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

Respondents. MOTON TO PROCEED VIA PSEUDONYM

(ECF No. 3)

16 Petitioner, represented by counsel, is an immigration detainee proceeding with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. For the reasons stated herein, the undersigned recommends granting a preliminary injunction and ordering Petitioner’s immediate release.

21 1 Respondents argue that the “Court should dismiss all respondents other than the Warden of the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center because the only proper respondent to a habeas petition is the custodian having immediate custody of the petitioner.” (ECF No. 10 at 1 n.1.) “[L]ongstanding practice confirms that in habeas challenges to present physical confinement—‘core challenges’—the default rule is that the proper…