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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 J.P., Case No. 23-cv-00612-AMO

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

MERRICK GARLAND, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 Defendants.

12 Petitioner J.P.1 is a noncitizen from Mexico who is currently in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) custody pending the conclusion of his removal proceedings. He has been in immigration detention for 21 months without having received an individualized determination of whether he poses a risk of flight or a danger to his community. He brings this petition for habeas corpus, asking the Court to release him or order a bond hearing at which the Government must demonstrate that further detention is warranted. Respondents Merrick B. Garland, the United States Attorney General; Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Tae Johnson, Acting Director of ICE; and Moises Becerra, Field Office Director for ICE’s San Francisco Field…