1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SATNAM SINGH, Case No. 2:25-cv-3724-DJC-JDP (P) 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 CALIFORNIA CITY DETENTION CENTER, et al., 15 Respondents. 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. The court has conducted a preliminary review of 19 the petition pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under Section 20 2254.1 21 In light of the complexity of the legal issues involved, the court has determined that the 22 interests of justice require the appointment of counsel. See 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B); see also 23 Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952, 954 (9th Cir. 1983). Within seven days of this order, the 24 appointing authority for the Eastern District of California shall identify counsel and send 25 counsel’s contact information to ncannarozzi@caed.uscourts.gov, and counsel will be added as 26

27 1 Rule 1(b) of the Rules Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under Section 2254 allows a district court to apply any or all of the rules to other types of habeas corpus petitions including 28 § 2241 petitions. 1 | counsel for petitioner. If counsel is not a member of the Eastern District of California Criminal 2 | Justice Act Panel, within seven days of this Order the Federal Defender shall file a motion to 3 || appoint counsel as CJA counsel pro hac vice. 4 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 5 1. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order together with a copy of 6 || petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the Federal 7 | Defender, Attention: Habeas Appointment. 8 2. Within seven days of this order, the appointing authority for the Eastern District of 9 | California shall identify counsel and send counsel’s contact information to 10 | ncannarozzi@caed.uscourts.gov, and counsel will be added as counsel for petitioner. If counsel 11 || is not a member of the Eastern District of California Criminal Justice Act Panel, within seven 12 | days of this Order the Federal Defender shall file a motion to appoint counsel as CJA counsel pro 13 | hac vice. 14 3. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order together with a copy of 15 | petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the United 16 | States Attorney. 17 4. Within seven days of petitioner’s counsel appearing, the parties shall file a joint status 18 | report addressing any motions the parties anticipate filing and a proposed briefing schedule for 19 | such motions. 20

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _ December 30, 2025 q——— 23 JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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