Claudia Patricia Moreno Vergel v. Christopher Chestnut, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLAUDIA PATRICIA MORENO VERGEL, Case No. 1:25-cv-01931-EPG-HC

Petitioner, ORDER JOINING CHRISTOPHER

CHESTNUT AS RESPONDENT

v.

ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY

CHRISTOPHER CHESTNUT, et al., INJUNCTION2 AND DIRECTING

RESPONDENTS TO IMMEDIATELY

Respondents. RELEASE PETITIONER

(ECF No. 2)

ORDER REGARDING FURTHER

BRIEFING

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. The parties have consented to the

1 Respondents note that “Petitioner appears to have improperly named Core Civic, Inc. in this lawsuit instead of the warden of the California City facility, Christopher Chestnut.” (ECF No. 13 at 2 n.2.) “[L]ongstanding practice confirms that in habeas challenges to present physical confinement—‘core challenges’—the default rule is that the proper respondent is the warden of the facility where the prisoner is being held . . . .” Rumsfeld v.…