Chestnut

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 ZOLFIA HEKMAT, et al., No. 1:25-cv-1674 DAD SCR 12 Petitioners, 13 v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS 14 CHRISTOPHER CHESTNUT, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 17 Petitioners are federal immigration detainees proceeding through counsel in this habeas corpus action filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. This action was referred to the undersigned by operation of Local Rule 302 and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Petitioner Zolfia Hekmat and her daughter, Petitioner Roya Mohammadi, are natives and citizens of Afghanistan. Petitioners were threatened with death in Afghanistan by the Taliban and the family’s father, Nasir, was severely injured in a bomb blast. ECF No. 1 at 14-15, ¶ 44. Petitioners and their family fled to Iran to escape the Taliban and sought a way to come to the United States to request asylum. They made their way to Mexico where they applied for an appointment through the CBP One App. Id. On or about May 26, 2024, Petitioners came to the San Ysidro…