Mavungo
Mavungo v. Sessions
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS MAVUNGO, Case No.: 19cv1431-LAB (JLB)
Petitioner,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v. JEFFERSON SESSIONS III, Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner Thomas Mavungo (also identified as Thomas Mavungu or Mavungo Thomas) filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under U.S.C. § 2241, asking that he be granted asylum and that his order of removal not be carried out. He has apparently already sought removal by a petition for review, unsuccessfully. This Court has no jurisdiction to review final orders of removal under § 2241. See Puri v. Gonzales, 464 F.3d 1038, 1041 (9th Cir. 2006); Alvarez-Barajas v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1050, 1052 (9th Cir. 2005). Federal jurisdiction is presumed to be lacking, Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994), and the party invoking the Court’s jurisdiction must establish it. See Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S.Ct. 1540, 1547 (2016).The Court therefore ordered Mr.…