(HC) Birru v. Barr

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AYLALIYA ASSEFA BIRRU, No. 2:20-cv-00890-TLN-DB Petitioner, v. ORDER WILLIAM BARR, Respondent. 16 This matter is before the Court on Petitioner Aylaliya Assefa Birru’s (“Petitioner”) “Emergency Request for Release from Custody Due to COVID-19 Pandemic” (ECF No. 2), which the Court construes as a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in accordance with the Ninth Circuit’s April 30, 2020 Order (see ECF No. 1). For the reasons stated herein, the Petition is DENIED. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND A. Petitioner’s Immigration to the U.S. Petitioner is a 35-year-old native and citizen of Ethiopia. (ECF No. 3 at 2.) She first entered the United States on a temporary visa in approximately 1999, in an effort to escape the violence of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. (ECF No. 2 at 9.) In 2009, Petitioner returned to Ethiopia in order to care…