Masood
Masood v. Barr
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ADY MASOOD, Case No. 19-cv-07623-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE PETITION FOR HABEAS
v. CORPUS
WILLIAM P. BARR et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 Defendants.
12 Habeas petitioner Ady Masood has been held in a county jail since April 10, 2019, while pursuing an application for asylum in the United States. Dkt. No. 1. Masood seeks a custody hearing before an immigration judge, which he has not been afforded during his lengthy detention. The federal respondents filed a return to the petition on behalf of the Attorney General, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, and Acting Field Director of the San Francisco Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office. Dkt. No. 8. Masood filed a traverse. Dkt. No. 13. Neither side called for a hearing, and the Court determined that the matter was appropriate for resolution without oral argument. Dkt. No. 16; Civil L.R. 7-1(b). The petition is granted on the first claim for a due process…