DHS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARVIN VERNARDES, Case No.: 20-CV-220 JLS (AHG)

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION

v.

DHS, et al., Respondents. 16 On October 23, 2019, in the Central District of California, Petitioner Marvin Vernardes filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 seeking to be released from immigration custody. “Petition,” ECF No. 1. The United States of America filed an Opposition to the Petition on January 13, 2020. “Opp’n,” ECF No. 10. Because Petitioner was at the time confined at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California, the Petition was transferred to this Court on February 4, 2020. ECF No. 13. After reviewing the Parties’ arguments and the law, the Court DENIES the Petition. Petitioner is a native and citizen of Honduras. Opp’n at 1. In 2014, while incarcerated in Salt Lake City, Utah, US Marshalls determined that Petitioner was in the United States without valid…