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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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STIPULATION TO TRANSFER CASE

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KEVIN V. RYAN, CSBN 118321

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Civil Division

EDWARD A. OLSEN, CSBN 214150

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6915

FAX: (415) 436-7169

Attorneys for Respondents

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

STIVAN SINGH,

Petitioner,

v.

ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney

General of the United States; MICHAEL

CHERTOFF, Secretary for the Department

of Homeland Security,

Respondents.

 

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No. C 06-1842-JSW

STIPULATION TO TRANSFER CASE

TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT

COURT FOR THE WESTERN

DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON; AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Petitioner, by and through his attorney of record, and respondents, by and through their

attorneys of record, hereby stipulate, subject to the approval of the Court, to transfer the aboveentitled case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington based on

the following:

 (1) Singh is native and citizen of India who was ordered removed from the United States by

an Immigration Judge on April 16, 2001.

(2) The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmed the removal order, and the United

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed Singh’s petition for review.

(3) On the day he was scheduled to be removed from the United States, Singh filed a motion

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Singh simultaneously filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus with this Court, which 1

alleged the same ineffective assistance of counsel claim. See Singh v. Gonzales, C-05-0885-JSW

(N.D. Cal). This Court signed the parties’ stipulation to dismiss the habeas petition on May 11,

2005, after the BIA issued its decision denying Singh’s motion to reopen on April 18, 2005. See

id.

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to reopen his removal proceedings with the BIA, alleging that he had received ineffective

assistance of counsel in his removal proceedings.1

(4) The BIA denied the motion to reopen on April 18, 2005, and Singh filed a petition for

review of that decision with the Ninth Circuit. See Singh v. Gonzales, 9 Cir. Appeal No. 05- th

72573. The appeal is currently pending.

(5) On March 10, 2006, Singh filed the present petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging

that he is being detained indefinitely by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

in violation of Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001), and that he must be released because

there is no significant likelihood that he will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future.

(6) On March 13, 2006, this Court issued an Order to Show Cause directing the respondents

to file an answer on or before April 20, 2006, showing why a writ of habeas corpus should not be

issued.

(7) The respondents submitted their answer to the petition for writ of habeas corpus, asking

the Court to deny the habeas petition on the following grounds: (a) the petitioner filed his habeas

petition in the wrong district; (b) the petitioner’s reliance on Zadvydas is misplaced because his

90-day removal period under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(1)(A) has not expired; and (c) even if the

petitioner’s removal period has expired, it is significantly likely that he will be removed in the

reasonably foreseeable future. The respondents filed a notice of additional citation on April 26,

2006.

(8) The petitioner filed a traverse on May 19, 2006, stating inter alia that he did not object to

having the petition for writ of habeas corpus transferred to the United States District Court for

the Western District of Washington.

In light of the parties’ agreement that this case should be transferred to the United States

District Court for the Western District of Washington, the parties jointly ask this Court to transfer

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28 I, Edward A. Olsen, attest that both Martin Guajardo and I have signed this stipulation 2

and will produce the original signed copies upon request.

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the habeas petition.

DATED: June 16, 2006 Respectfully submitted,

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

/s/

EDWARD A. OLSEN2

Assistant United States Attorney

DATED: June 16, 2006 /s/

MARTIN RESENDEZ GUAJARDDO

Attorney for Petitioner

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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