Wolf
(HC) Andara-Ponce v. Wolf
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 JORGE ANDARA-PONCE, CASE NO. 1:20-CV-0765 AWI JDP
Petitioner
ORDER STAYING MATTER AND
v. ORDER FOR SERVICE ON CLASS
COUNSEL IN THE RIVAS MATTER
CHAD WOLF, Acting Director of USICE, et al., 13 Respondents 14 15 On June 2, 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. Petitioner is facing deportation to Honduras because he was convicted of murder under Cal. Pen. Code § 187(a). Petitioner is currently 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 his health history place him at above-average risk of illness and death from COVID 19. Through his petition and motion for temporary restraining…