Becerra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OSCAR NOE ORTIZ GOMEZ,

Case No. 23-cv-03724-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS MOISES BECERRA, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 10 Defendants.

12 I. INTRODUCTION Oscar Noe Ortiz Gomez is a noncitizen from El Salvador who is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) custody. Although an Immigration Judge found Petitioner is likely to be tortured in El Salvador and granted him relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) on March 14, 2023, ICE continues to incarcerate Petitioner while an appeal of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision remains pending. He has been in civil detention for over twenty months without a custody hearing. Respondents are Moises Becerra, Field Office Director of ICE’s San Francisco Field Office; Tae D. Johnson, Acting Director of ICE; Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of Homeland…