Henriquez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 JOSE MAURICIO HENRIQUEZ, Case No. 23-cv-01025-AMO

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

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

11 Petitioner Jose Henriquez is a noncitizen from El Salvador who is currently in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) custody while defending his removal proceedings. He has been in immigration detention since June 24, 2020. It has been fourteen months since he 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 order his immediate release or 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 Immigration and Customs…