Juan Poblano v. Warden of the Golden State Annex Detention Facility

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 JUAN POBLANO (A-NUMBER: 221- Case No. 1:26-cv-2070-DJC-JDP 477-645), 11 Petitioner, v. 13 WARDEN OF THE GOLDEN STATE 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, an immigration detainee who is representing himself, filed a petition for a writ 18 of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. Petitioner also filed a motion for the 19 appointment of counsel. ECF No. 7. Petitioner’s motion for the appointment of counsel, ECF 20 No. 7, will be granted. In light of the complexity of the legal issues involved, the court has 21 determined that the interests of justice require the appointment of counsel. See 18 U.S.C. 22 § 3006A(a)(2)(B); see also Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952, 954 (9th Cir. 1983). 23 Within seven days of this order, the appointing authority for the Eastern District of 24 California shall identify counsel and send counsel’s contact information to 25 ncannarozzi@caed.uscourts.gov, and counsel will be added as counsel for petitioner. If counsel 26 is not a member of the Eastern District of California Criminal Justice Act Panel, within seven 27 days of this Order the Federal Defender shall file a motion to appoint counsel as CJA counsel pro 28 hac vice. 1 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. Petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel, ECF No. 7, is GRANTED. 3 2. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order together with a copy of 4 || petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the Federal 5 | Defender, Attention: Habeas Appointment. 6 3. Within seven days of this order, the appointing authority for the Eastern District of 7 | California shall identify counsel and send counsel’s contact information to 8 | ncannarozzi@caed.uscourts.gov, and counsel will be added as counsel for petitioner. If counsel 9 | is not amember of the Eastern District of California Criminal Justice Act Panel, within seven 10 | days of this Order the Federal Defender shall file a motion to appoint counsel as CJA counsel pro 11 | hac vice. 12 4. Within seven days of petitioner’s counsel appearing, the parties shall file a joint status 13 | report addressing the parties’ anticipated filings and a proposed briefing schedule for such filings. 14 5. Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 9, makes the required 15 | showing and is GRANTED. 16

Dated: _ April 7, 2026 ow—— 19 JEREMY D. PETERSON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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