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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

NOT FOR CITATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TEODORO CABRERA-CABRERA,

Petitioner, No. C 04-4221 PJH

v. ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE

TOM RIDGE, et al., 

Respondents.

______________________________/

On May 16, 2005, respondents filed a notice of change of law, regarding the recentlyenacted REAL ID Act of 2005, P.L. 109-13, Div. B, 119 Stat. 231 (“REAL ID Act”). Section

106(a) of the REAL ID Act amends section 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8

U.S.C. § 1252 to provide: 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), including

section 2241 of title 28, United States Code, or any other habeas corpus

provision, and sections 1361 and 1651 of such title, a petition for review filed

with an appropriate court of appeals in accordance with this section shall be the

sole and exclusive means for judicial review of an order of removal entered or

issued under any provision of this Act, except as provided in subsection (e).

The REAL ID Act is retroactive and thus, applies to currently pending habeas petitions. 

Pursuant to § 106(c) of the REAL ID Act, district courts are directed to transfer all pending

habeas petitions filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging a final administrative order of

removal, deportation, or exclusion, to the court of appeals for the circuit in which a petition for

review could have been properly filed. See § 106(c) of the REAL ID Act. 

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United States District Court

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Because petitioner brought this habeas petition to challenge the legality of the final

order of removal against him, the language of the REAL ID Act requires this court to transfer

this case to the Ninth Circuit. Accordingly, the court hereby directs the clerk to TRANSFER

this case forthwith. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 20, 2005 

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PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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