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 matters before the Court are 1) the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant 19 to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (ECF No. 1); and 2) the Motion to Supplement the Record (ECF No. 20 14) filed by Petitioner Million Weldemhret Gebrelibanos. 21

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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