Liang Zhang v. Field Office Director Enforcement and Removal Operations, San Francisco Field Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et. al.

• Court: District Court, E.D. California
• Decided: March 16, 2026
• Docket: 1:26-cv-01862
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LIANG ZHANG, No. 1:26-cv-01862-DAD-DMC-HC 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 FIELD OFFICE DIRECTOR ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL 15 OPERATIONS, SAN FRANCISCO FIELD OFFICE, IMMIGRATION AND 16 CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, et. al., 17 Respondents. 18 19 Petitioner, an immigration detainee proceeding with counsel, filed a petition for a 20 writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The court has conducted a preliminary 21 review of the petition pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under 22 Section 2254.1 Because Petitioner may be entitled to the requested relief if the claimed violation 23 of constitutional rights is proved, Respondents will be directed to show cause why the writ should 24 not be granted by filing an answer/return within 14 days from the date of this order. See 28 25 U.S.C. § 2243. Petitioner may file a reply/traverse to the answer/return within 7 days after being 26

27 1 Rule 1(b) of the Rules Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under Section 2254 allows a district court to apply any or all of the rules to other types of habeas corpus petitions including § 2241 28 petitions. 1 | served a copy of it. 2 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 3 1. Petitioner is directed to provide Respondents with Petitioner’s A-Number 4 within 2 days from the date of this order; 5 2. Respondents are directed to file an answer/return within 14 days from the date 6 of this order. If an answer/return is filed, Respondents shall include with the 7 answer/return any and all transcripts or other documents relevant to the determination of 8 the issues presented in the application. 9 3. Petitioner’s reply/traverse, if any, is due within 7 days after being served a copy 10 of Respondent’s answer/return. If a reply/traverse is filed, Petitioner shall include their A- 11 Number in the filing. 12 4. In order to ensure this court’s jurisdiction to resolve the pending § 2241 13 petition, Respondent shall not transfer petitioner to another detention center outside of this 14 judicial district, pending further order of the court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a) (establishing 15 the All Writs Act which empowers the federal courts to “issue all writs necessary or 16 appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions....”); see also F.T.C. v. Dean Foods Co., 17 384 U.S. 597, 604 (1966) (emphasizing that federal courts have the power to “to preserve 18 the court’s jurisdiction or maintain the status quo by injunction pending review of an 19 agency’s action”). 20 21 | Dated: March 13, 2026 Co 22 DENNIS M. COTA 3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 24 25 26 27 28