Adolfo Cortez Trinidad, et al. v. Kristi Noem, et al.

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: November 13, 2025
• Docket: 2:25-cv-02246
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

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5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 ADOLFO CORTEZ TRINIDAD, et al., 9 Petitioners, Case No. C25-2246-RAJ-MLP 10 v. ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE MOTION FOR ORDER TO SHOW 11 KRISTI NOEM, et al., CAUSE AND ISSUE EXPEDITED BRIEFING SCHEDULE 12 Respondents. 13

14 This is a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas action. Petitioners seek an expedited briefing schedule 15 under 28 U.S.C. § 2243, requesting a return within seven days and a response four days 16 thereafter. (Dkt. # 2.) Courts have discretion in setting the briefing schedule for a § 2241 habeas 17 petition and consider the individual circumstances of each case when determining appropriate 18 deadlines. See Clutchette v. Rushen, 770 F.2d 1469, 1474-75 (9th Cir. 1985). Having considered 19 Petitioners’ Motion (dkt. # 2), the Court finds a basis to expedite this matter. See, e.g., Kumar v. 20 Wamsley, 2025 WL 2677089, at *3 (W.D. Wash. Sept. 17, 2025); Ramirez Tesara v. Wamsley, 21 2025 WL 2637663, at *3 (W.D. Wash. Sept. 12, 2025); E.A. T.-B. v. Wamsley, 2025 WL 22 2402130, at *5 (W.D. Wash. Aug. 19, 2025). 23 Accordingly, the Court hereby finds and ORDERS: 1 (1) Petitioners’ Motion for Order to Show Cause and Issue Expedited Briefing 2 Schedule (dkt. # 2) is GRANTED. 3 (2) The Clerk is directed to immediately effectuate service of the habeas petition (dkt. 4 # 1) upon Respondents and email a copy of this Order to usawaw.Habeas@usdoj.gov.

5 (3) Respondents shall respond to the habeas petition by November 20, 2025. Any 6 reply must be filed by November 24, 2025. 7 (4) The Clerk shall note this matter for consideration on November 24, 2025. 8 (5) Respondents shall not transfer Petitioners out of this district until the Court 9 renders a final judgment on the habeas petition 10 (6) The parties have a right to consent to have the case heard by the undersigned 11 Magistrate Judge. Consent is voluntary. Counsel for the parties are directed to indicate whether 12 they consent or decline consent by no later than November 20, 2025, by emailing Deputy Tim 13 Farrell at tim_farrell@wawd.uscourts.gov. If the parties consent, the undersigned Magistrate 14 Judge will preside over the entire case through judgment. If the parties decline, the case will

15 remain assigned to the Honorable Richard A. Jones and referred to the undersigned Magistrate 16 Judge. 17 (7) The Clerk is directed to send copies of this order to the parties and to the 18 Honorable Richard A. Jones. 19 Dated this 13th day of November, 2025. 20 A 21 MICHELLE L. PETERSON United States Magistrate Judge 22 23