Doe

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOHN DOE, Case No. 23-cv-04767-PCP

Petitioner,

ORDER ON HABEAS PETITION

v.

MOISES BECERRA, et al., Respondents.

12 For more than two years, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained John Doe (proceeding under a pseudonym) without ever conducting an individualized bond 15 hearing to consider whether his detention is necessary to protect the public’s safety or ensure his 16 availability for deportation at the end of his removal proceedings, which are ongoing. ICE detains 17 Mr. Doe pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c), which mandates the detention pending removal of people 18 like Mr. Doe who have been convicted of certain crimes. ICE is holding Mr. Doe at a private detention center that is operated for profit by The GEO Group, Inc. and located outside of the Northern District but overseen by ICE officials based in San Francisco. 22 For the reasons set out below, the Court concludes that it has jurisdiction over Mr. Doe’s 23 petition and that Mr. Doe’s prolonged…