(HC)Gramajo Lopez v. Garland

BACKGROUND

22 Petitioner is a native and citizen of Guatemala who entered the United States in February 23 2000 when he was fifteen years old. Petitioner became a lawful permanent resident of the United 24 States in 2008. (ECF No. 1 at 7.)1 On February 10, 2010, Petitioner was convicted of three 25 counts of second-degree robbery, and he was sentenced to a total imprisonment term of 26 seventeen years. (ECF No. 19 at 3; ECF No. 19-1 at 2.) Upon Petitioner’s release from prison, 27 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) detained Petitioner on September 10, 2021. (ECF No. 1 at 2, 4, 7.) Removal proceedings were initiated, and Petitioner was charged with being removable from the United States as an aggravated felon under U.S.C. §§ 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) and 1101(a)(43)(G). (ECF No. 1-2.) On September 17, 2021, ICE conducted a custody determination and concluded that Petitioner should remain in custody because he was a threat to public safety. (ECF No. 19-1 at 35–36.) Petitioner requested a custody redetermination, and on April 14, 2022, an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denied Petitioner’s request for a change in custody status…