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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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28 Petitioner’s appeal of the district court’s orders, case numbers 05-77343, 06-15150, and 06-17150, were

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consolidated by the Ninth Circuit.

U.S. District Court

 E. D. California 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD SOFOWORA, )

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Petitioner, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL CHERTOFF, et al., )

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Respondents. )

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Old case #1:08-CV-01177 JMD HC

ORDER REQUIRING RESPONDENT TO

APPRISE THE COURT OF PETITIONER’S

CURRENT DEPORTATION STATUS

ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES TO BRIEF

COURT IN LIGHT OF NINTH CIRCUIT

RULING

Petitioner is a deportable alien in the custody of United States Immigration and Customs

Enforcement (ICE) and is proceeding with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2241.

Petitioner filed the instant petition on August 12, 2008. On October 7, 2008, the Court issued

an order requiring Respondent to submit an answering addressing the merits of the petition. 

Respondent filed a response on December 10, 2008, moving to hold the petition in abeyance pending

the resolution of Petitioner’s appeal in the Ninth Circuit. Respondent also indicated that a bond 1

hearing was scheduled for October 28, 2008. 

Petitioner filed objections to the motion on January 23, 2009. Prior to the Court’s

adjudication of this motion, the Ninth Circuit denied in part and dismissed in part the petition for

review submitted by Petitioner. Sofowora v. Holder, 330 Fed.Appx. 151 (9th Cir. 2009). As the

Ninth Circuit ruling may implicate the merits of Petitioner’s pending case, the Court finds additional

briefing necessary to its adjudication of Petitioner’s case.

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U.S. District Court

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Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that:

1. Respondent is to apprise the Court of the outcome of the October 28, 2008 bond

hearing and submit a supplement brief in light of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in

Petitioner’s case within thirty days of the filing of this order. 

2. Petitioner is to submit a reply brief within thirty days of Respondent’s filing of the

supplemental brief. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 8, 2010 /s/ John M. Dixon 

hlked6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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