Ex Parte Roldan Meza-Gonzalez v. the State of Texas
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Opinion
COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ————————————
No. 08-26-00134-CR ————————————
Ex Parte Roldan Meza-Gonzalez
AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN MANDAMUS
M E MO RA N D UM O PI NI O N Miriam Arevalo, representing Anita’s Children Organization, has filed an application for
writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2241 on behalf of Roldan Meza-Gonzalez, in which she
alleges that Meza-Gonzalez is being held by federal immigration authorities in the El Paso Service
Processing Center. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.12; 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2008).
To the extent that the application seeks to secure Meza-Gonzalez’s release from federal
custody, this matter is one of “exclusively federal jurisdiction.” Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.63;
Ex parte Nguyen, 31 S.W.3d 815, 816 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2000, orig. proceeding). Only a federal court may issue a writ of habeas corpus and grant the relief Meza-Gonzalez seeks. See 28 U.S.C.
§ 2241(a) (2008) (authorizing the Supreme Court, federal district courts, and any circuit judge
within their respective jurisdictions to grant habeas relief). We dismiss the application.
MARIA SALAS MENDOZA, Chief Justice
April 1, 2026
Before Salas Mendoza, C.J., Palafox and Soto, JJ.
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