(HC) Sho v. U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MONSURU WOLE SHO, No. 2:21-cv-00654 AC Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 17 Petitioner has filed an emergency motion to be released from ICE detention. ECF No. 1. Because this court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter, it is recommended that the petition be dismissed. According to the petition and its attachments, Mr. Sho is a citizen of Nigeria who was granted asylum in 2011. In 2019, he was convicted in Orange County of multiple felonies and sentenced to a three-year term in state prison. Petitioner’s attempts to withdraw his guilty pleas were unsuccessful. Because of his criminal convictions, petitioner’s asylum status was recently revoked. The most recent hearing in his immigration case was held on April 1, 2021 in Van Nuys; the next hearing is scheduled for April 15. Petitioner alleges that if returned to Nigeria he will be…