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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 28:2241fd Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federal)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

INDOLFO REYES-DUARTE, 

Petitioner,

v. 

SESSIONS, et al., 

Respondents.

 Case No.: 18cv631-MMA 

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD 

PROSEQUENDUM 

 Petitioner Indolfo Reyes-Duarte has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus ad 

prosequendum requesting that the Court order his immediate presentment before a United 

States Magistrate Judge. See Doc. No. 1. Petitioner asserts that he was taken into 

custody by Respondents on March 27, 2018 at 12:30 p.m., and has not yet been presented 

for initial appearance as required by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 5(a)(1)(A). 

Rule 5 requires, in pertinent part, that “[a] person making an arrest within the 

United States must take the defendant without unnecessary delay before a magistrate 

judge, or before a state or local judicial officer as Rule 5(c) provides, unless a statute 

provides otherwise.” Fed. R. Crim. P. 5(a)(1)(A). 

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Here, Petitioner simply avers that “there is good reason to believe that [he] is 

currently being detained in violation” of Rule 5(a)(1)(A). Doc. No. 1. at 2.1

 Petitioner 

was scheduled for an initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Peter C. 

Lewis on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. See Case No. 18mj8520. 

Apparently, Petitioner did not appear as scheduled, Judge Lewis stayed presentment until 

March 29, 2018 at 1:30 p.m., and this petition ensued.2

 

Petitioner has submitted a boilerplate petition which sets forth the applicable law, 

but provides no specific factual basis for this Court to conclude that the delay in his 

presentment is an unnecessary delay. Moreover, the delay has been brief, and will be 

remedied forthwith. Court personnel have confirmed that Petitioner is scheduled to 

appear before Judge Lewis in El Centro, California, on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 1:30 

p.m. 

Accordingly, the Court DENIES the petition. The Clerk of Court is instructed to 

enter judgment accordingly and close the case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: March 29, 2018 _______________________________________ 

 HON. MICHAEL M. ANELLO 

 United States District Judge 

                                               

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 Petitioner also styles his request for relief as an appeal from Judge Lewis’ stay of presentment. See 

Doc. No. 3. 

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