Anzor I. v. ICE Field Office Director; et al.

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 ANZOR I., No. 2:26-CV-00383-TLN-CSK 11 Petitioner, 12 v. ORDER 13 ICE FIELD OFFICE DIRECTOR; et al., 14 Respondents. 15 16 Petitioner Anzor I.1 (“Petitioner”), an immigration detainee who is representing himself, 17 filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (ECF No. 1.) 18 Based on the facts surrounding Petitioner’s detention, the Court provisionally authorizes 19 Petitioner to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914. 20 In light of the complexity of the legal issues involved, the Court has determined that the 21 interests of justice require the appointment of counsel for Petitioner. See 18 U.S.C. § 22 3006A(a)(2)(B); see also Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952, 954 (9th Cir. 1983). Within seven 23 days from the date of this order, the appointing authority for the Eastern District of California 24 shall identify counsel and send counsel’s contact information to Michele Krueger, Courtroom

25 1 As recommended by the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the Court omits petitioner’s full name, using only his 26 first name and last initial, to protect sensitive personal information. See Memorandum re: Privacy Concern Regarding Social Security and Immigration Opinions, Committee on Court 27 Administration and Case Management, Judicial Conference of the United States (May 1, 2018), https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/18-cv-l-suggestion_cacm_0.pdf. The Clerk of Court 28 is directed to update the docket to reflect this change accordingly. 1 | Deputy for Chief Judge Troy Nunley, via email at mkrueger@caed.uscourts.gov, who shall 2 || update the docket to reflect counsel’s appointment. If counsel is not a member of the Eastern 3 | District of California Criminal Justice Act (“CJA”) Panel, the Court hereby authorizes them to 4 || serve as CJA counsel for petitioner for the duration of the proceedings in this Court pursuant to 5 | Local Rule 180(b)(1). 6 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 7 1. Petitioner is provisionally authorized to proceed in forma pauperis, subject to 8 Petitioner filing an application to proceed in forma pauperis by February 25, 2026. 9 The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve Petitioner with an application to proceed in 10 forma pauperis. 11 2. Within seven days from the date of this order, the appointing authority for the Eastern 12 District of California shall identify counsel and send counsel’s contact information to 13 Michele Krueger, Courtroom Deputy for Chief Judge Troy Nunley, who shall update 14 the docket to reflect counsel’s appointment. 15 3. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order on the Federal Defender, 16 Attention: Habeas Appointment, along with a copy of the § 2241 petition. 17 4. The Clerk of Court is directed to update the docket to only list Petitioner’s first name 18 and last initial. 19 IT IS SO ORDERED. , , / / 20 | Date: February 17, 2026 7, TROY L. NUNLEY 22 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 23 24 25 26 27 28