Cruz-Zavala
Cruz-Zavala v. Barr
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
WALTER CRUZ-ZAVALA, Case No. 20-CV-02142-LHK
Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
DENYING IN PART PETITION FOR
v.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND
DENYING AS MOOT MOTION FOR
WILLIAM P. BARR, et al., TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Respondents. Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 5 17 On March 29, 2020, Petitioner Walter Cruz-Zavala (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1 (“Pet.”). Petitioner is a native of El Salvador who is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) custody. See Pet. ¶¶ 1, 20. Petitioner argues that his prolonged detention violates his procedural and substantive due process rights. Petitioner named as Respondents William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States; Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security; David Jennings, Field Office Director of ICE in San Francisco, California; and Nathan Allen, …