Anyanwu v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office Director

Opinion

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4 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 JEFFERSONKING ANYANWU, 8 Petitioner, C24-0964 TSZ 9 v. ORDER ADOPTING REPORT 11 Respondent. 12 The Court, having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of the Honorable 13 Grady J. Leupold, United States Magistrate Judge, docket no. 13, objections to the Report 14 and Recommendation, and the remaining record, does hereby find and ORDER: 15 (1) The Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation. 16 (2) Petitioner’s habeas petition, docket no. 1-1, is GRANTED with respect to 17 the Petitioner’s request for a bond hearing. Respondent shall provide Petitioner with an 18 individualized bond hearing in accordance with the requirements outlined in Singh v. 19 Holder, 638 F.3d 1196 (9th Cir. 2011) not later than 30 days from the date of this order. 20 21 22 1 (3) Respondent Field Office Director is required to SHOW CAUSE by 2 November 13, 2024, why the Warden of the Northwest ICE Processing Center should not 3 be SUBSTITUTED as the proper respondent in this action.1

4 (4) The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to Petitioner pro se, to 5 counsel for Respondent, and to the Honorable Grady J. Leupold. 6 Dated this 30th day of October, 2024. A 7 8 Thomas S. Zilly United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 1 The Ninth Circuit has held that a petitioner “must name his immediate custodian, the Facility 21 Administrator of GSA, as the respondent to his petition.” Doe v. Garland, 109 F.4th 1188, 1197 (9th Cir. 2024). Petitioner has named the Field Office Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the 22 respondent to his petition.