Luis Angel Onate Vargas v. Kristi Noem, et al.

Opinion

LUIS ANGEL ONATE VARGAS, Case No. 26-cv-00310-BAS-JLB

Petitioner, ORDER REQUIRING THE v. GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS KRISTI NOEM, et al., CORPUS (ECF No. 1) Respondents. On January 18, 2026, Petitioner Luis Angel Onate Vargas filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (ECF No. 1.) Petitioner claims that he is being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in violation of the immigration laws and the Central District’s decision in Maldonado Bautista v. Noem, No. 5:25-CV- 01873-SSS-BFM, 2025 WL 3678485 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 18, 2025). (Id.) Having reviewed the Petition, the Court finds summary dismissal is unwarranted at this time. See Kourteva v. INS, 151 F. Supp. 2d 1126, 1128 (N.D. Cal. 2001) (“Summary dismissal is appropriate only where the allegations in the petition are vague or conclusory, palpably incredible, or patently frivolous or false.”). Therefore, the Court will order the Government to respond to the Petition. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS as follows: l 1. The Government must file a response to the Petition no later than January 27, 2026. The Government’s response must address the allegations in the Petition and include any documents relevant to the determination of the issues raised in the Petition. 2. Petitioner may file a reply in support of his Petition no later than February 3, 2026. 3. The Clerk of Court shall provide the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office with a copy of the Petition (ECF No. 1) and this Order. 1] DATED: January 20, 2026 (yatta Bahar Hon. Cynthia Bashant, Chief Judge B United States District Court

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