Wolf

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ALEKSANDR MELNICHUK, CASE NO. 1:20-CV-0654 AWI JLT

Petitioner

ORDER STAYING MATTER AND

v. ORDER FOR SERVICE ON CLASS

COUNSEL IN THE RIVAS MATTER

CHAD WOLF, Acting Director of USICE, et al., 14 Respondents 15 16 On May 8, 2020, Petitioner filed this 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition, as well as a motion for a temporary restraining order. Petitioner is proceeding pro se. An Immigration Judge ordered Petitioner removed to Moldova on April 21, 2020. Petitioner appealed that decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals, but for now, he is detained as part of the deportation process in the Mesa Verde detention facility in Bakersfield, California. In his petition, Petitioner states that he is being detained in the Mesa Verde facility in conditions that expose him to a heightened risk of contracting COVID 19. Petitioner states that the staff at Mesa Verde are not following appropriate practices to minimize the risk of transmitting COVID 19 and…