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Nature of Suit Code: 463
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BONIFACIO TORRES-HURTADO,

Petitioner,

v.

KIRSTJEN M. NIELSEN, et al.,

Respondents.

Case No. 19-cv-01083-EMC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Docket No. 1

Petitioner Bonifacio Torres-Hurtado has filed a habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

2241. In his petition, he argues that he is entitled to habeas relief because his “prolonged 

detention without a reasonable determination of flight risk violates the Due Process Clause of the 

Fifth Amendment and the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Bail Clause.” Pet. ¶ 5; see also Pet. ¶¶

31, 48 (alleging that the immigration judge’s decision to deny bond was in error).

Having reviewed the petition, the Court finds that a response is warranted. See GarciaAmbrocio v. Nielsen, No. 4:17-cv-07087-KAW, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22799, at *3 (N.D. Cal. 

Feb. 9, 2018) (stating that “[s]ummary dismissal is appropriate only where the allegations in the 

petition are vague or conclusory, palpably incredible, or patently frivolous or false”; citing 

Hendricks v. Vasquez, 908 F.2d 490, 491 (9th Cir. 1990)). Accordingly, the Court orders as 

follows:

1. The Clerk shall serve a copy of this order and the petition and all attachments 

thereto upon Respondents. The Clerk shall also electronically serve a copy of this order on Mr. 

Torres-Hurtado.

2. Respondents shall file with the court and serve on Mr. Torres-Hurtado, within 60 

days of the date of this order, an answer showing why a writ of habeas corpus should not be 

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issued. Respondents shall file with the answer and serve on Mr. Torres-Hurtado a copy of all 

portions of the administrative record that are relevant to a determination of the issues presented by 

the petition.

3. If Mr. Torres-Hurtado wishes to respond to the answer, he shall do so by filing a 

traverse with the court and serving it on Respondents within 30 days of his receipt of the answer.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 2, 2019

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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