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-06872-LHK
Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
DENYING IN PART PETITION FOR
v.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
MERRICK B. GARLAND, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 Respondents. 17 Before the Court is Petitioner Walter Cruz-Zavala’s (“Petitioner”) 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 civil immigration custody. See Pet. ¶¶ 9, 33. Petitioner named as Respondents William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States;1 Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security; James McHenry, Director of the Executive Officer of Immigration Review (“EOIR”); David Wetmore, Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals; David Jennings, Field Office Director of Immigration and Customs 25 26 1 On March 23, 2021, Defendants informed the Court that pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil …