Ameen
Ameen v. Garland
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 OMAR ABDULSATTAR AMEEN, Case No. 22-cv-00140-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS AND GRANTING IN
LIMITED PART WRIT OF HABEAS
DAVID JENNINGS, et al., CORPUS Defendants.
Petitioner Omar Abdulsattar Ameen filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in this court on January 10, 2022, arguing that his December 10, 2021 bond hearing before an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) was constitutionally and procedurally deficient. Dkt. No. 1. Ameen asks me to order his release from detention pending the final resolution of his extradition proceedings or, in the alternative, to order the government to provide a constitutionally sufficient bond hearing. Respondents1 filed a motion to dismiss along with their Return, arguing that I lack jurisdiction to hear Ameen’s Petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Dkt. No. 21. Respondents contend that jurisdiction must be located only in the Eastern District of California, the…