Gebrelibanos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MILLION WELDEMHRET Case No.: 20-cv-1575-WQH-RBB

GEBRELIBANOS,

ORDER

Petitioner, 13 v. 14 CHAD F. WOLF, Secretary of the 15 Department of Homeland Security, et al., 16 Respondents. 17 HAYES, Judge: 18 The matter before the Court is the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 19 U.S.C. § 2241 filed by Petitioner Million Weldemhret Gebrelibanos. (ECF No. 1). 20

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 14, 2020, Petitioner Million Weldemhret Gebrelibanos filed a Petition 22 for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (ECF No. 1). Petitioner alleges 23 that he is an immigration detainee at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility (“IRDF”). 24 Petitioner alleges that he has been detained since June 14, 2019, when he was ordered 25 removed to Eritrea and did not appeal. Petitioner alleges that the Eritrean Embassy is closed 26 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, flights to Eritrea have been suspended, and Petitioner 27 cannot be removed. Petitioner alleges that his civil detention has been unlawfully 28 1 …