(HC) Sho v. S.F. Field Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MONSURU WOLE SHO, No. 1:21-cv-01812 TLN AC Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CURRENT OR ACTING FIELD OFFICE DIRECTOR, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Petitioner, an immigration detainee, brought this habeas corpus action in pro se under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, seeking a bond hearing in relation to ongoing immigration proceedings. ECF No. 1. He is now represented by pro bono counsel. ECF No. 42. The government opposes the habeas petition. ECF No. 39. For the reasons explained below the undersigned recommends that the petition be granted, and that the government be ordered to provide a bond hearing at which the government bears the burden of establishing by clear and convincing evidence that petitioner poses a flight risk or a danger to the community. I. Background Petitioner Monsuru Wole Sho, a native and citizen of Nigeria who had previously been granted asylum in the United States, was convicted in Orange County of…