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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner is detained by the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

and is proceeding with a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

Preliminary review of the petition indicates that Petitioner has not provided sufficient information 

regarding his claims for this case to proceed. 

Rule 2 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases provides that the petition:

...shall specify all the grounds for relief which are available to the petitioner and of 

which he has or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have knowledge and shall 

set forth in summary form the facts supporting each of the grounds thus specified.”

Rule 2(c), Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. Petitioner must also clearly state the relief sought in 

the petition. Id. Additionally, the Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 4 explains that “...’[N]otice’ 

pleading is not sufficient, for the petition is expected to state facts that point to a ‘real possibility of 

constitutional error.’” Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 4; see Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 

JIMMY STALIN MATAMOROS-PROANO,

 Petitioner,

v.

ICE, et al.,

Respondents.

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Case No.: 1:15-cv-01766-JLT

ORDER REQUIRING PETITIONER TO SUBMIT 

A FIRST AMENDED PETITION

30-DAY DEADLINE

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

SEND PETITIONER FORM FOR HABEAS 

PETITION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2241

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75, n. 7, 97 S.Ct. 1621 (1977). 

In the instant petition, Petitioner notes that an immigrant’s detention pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 

1231(a)(2) that has exceeded the six-month presumptive period set forth in Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 

U.S. 678 (2001), may be challenged on the grounds that such continued detention is no longer 

reasonable. The petition notes further, that where Respondent has been unable to effect the 

immigrant’s removal to his native country and where there is no “significant likelihood” of such 

removal in the “reasonably foreseeable future,” the immigrant’s ongoing detention is indefinite and 

violates his substantive and procedural due process rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth 

Amendment of the United States Constitution. Petitioner also points out that indefinite detention 

under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(6) exceeds Respondent’s statutory authority. 

Significantly, however, Petitioner also recognizes that the petitioner must “provide facts 

showing good reason to believe that there is no reasonable likelihood of his actual removal in the 

reasonably foreseeable future....” (Doc. 1, p. 2). This is where Petitioner’s claim fails. The petition 

states no facts relevant to Petitioner’s detention. Petitioner does not indicate the date on which he 

was placed into ICE custody, the length of time he has been in ICE custody, his national citizenship, 

the date he last entered the United States, whether he is subject to a final order of removal, or any 

other circumstances that might bear upon the lawfulness of Petitioner’s continued detention. 

Likewise, Petitioner has not presented any documents that would clarify for the Court any of the 

above-mentioned factual questions. Indeed, Petitioner makes no factual assertions whatsoever in his 

petition. 

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS:

1. The instant petition for writ of habeas corpus is hereby DISMISSED. Petitioner is 

GRANTED 30 days to file a first amended petition that complies with this Order; 

2. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to send Petitioner a blank form petition for 

petitioners filing pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner should indicate both the correct 

case number and the fact that the petition is a FIRST AMENDED PETITION on the 

front page. The First Amended Petition must contain factual allegations sufficient for the 

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Court to proceed with Petitioner’s claim of indefinite and unlawful detention by Respondent.

Petitioner is forewarned that his failure to comply with this Order may result in an 

Order of Dismissal or a Recommendation that the petition be dismissed pursuant to Local Rule 

110.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 2, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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