Cruz
Gurlal S. v. Orestes Cruz, Field Office Director of the San Francisco Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Warden of Golden State Annex Detention Facility
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 GURLAL S., No. 1:26-cv-00070-KES-SAB (HC) Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
v. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORESTES CRUZ, Field Office Director of Doc. 2 the San Francisco Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Warden of Golden State Annex Detention Facility, Respondents.1 15 Before the Court is petitioner Gurlal S.’s motion for temporary restraining order. Doc. 2. The Court has addressed the legal issues raised by petitioner’s motion for temporary restraining
1 When a habeas petitioner challenges his present physical confinement, “the default rule is that the proper respondent is the warden of the facility where the prisoner is being held.” Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 434–35 (2004). Petitioner is currently detained at Golden State Annex Detention Facility, see Doc. 1 at ¶¶ 5, 18. The Court “may join Petitioner’s custodian on its own initiative pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19(a).” Jones v.…