Efrain Diaz Ponce v. Merrick B. Garland

Case 5:22-cv-01751-JGB-PVC Document Filed 10/24/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

1 2 3 (O) 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EFRAIN DIAZ PONCE, Case No. EDCV 22-1751 JGB (PVC)

Petitioner,

ORDER SUMMARILY DENYING

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS AND DISMISSING ACTION

MERRICK B. GARLAND, U.S. Attorney WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR LACK General, OF JURISDICTION 15 Respondent. 16 I. INTRODUCTION 19 On October 2, 2022, Petitioner Efrain Diaz Ponce, a federal immigration detainee proceeding pro se, constructively filed a habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, styled as an “Amended Emergency Motion for Stay of Removal.” (“Petition,” Dkt. No. 1). The Petition does not challenge Petitioner’s final order of removal, but instead seeks a stay of removal until the Bureau of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) rules on Petitioner’s pending motion to reopen. (See generally id. at 3-5). However, in Rauda v.…