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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 

CRISTOBAL GONZALEZ-REYES, 

Petitioner,

v. 

SESSIONS, et al., 

Respondents.

 Case No.: 18cv651-MMA 

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD 

PROSEQUENDUM 

 Petitioner Cristobal Gonzalez-Reyes 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 14, 2018, 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 15, 2018. See Case No. 18mj8469. Petitioner did not 

appear as scheduled because he was not medically cleared to do so. Accordingly, Judge 

Lewis stayed presentment until March 19, 2018. To date, Petitioner has not yet made his 

initial appearance due to his continuing lack of medical clearance. 

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 based on the current record. 

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 30, 2018 _______________________________________ 

 HON. MICHAEL M. ANELLO 

 United States District Judge 

                                               

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