Mezquita Vega v. Barron

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: May 28, 2024
• Docket: 2:24-cv-00605
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

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5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 SONIA L. MEZQUITA VEGA, CASE NO. 2:24-cv-00605-KKE-GJL 11 Petitioner, v. ORDER SUBSTITUTING 12 RESPONDENT AND FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL BUREAU RETURN, § 2241 PETITION 13 OF PRISONS, 14 Respondent.

15 Petitioner, Sonia L. Mezquita Vega, has filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 Habeas Petition 16 allegedly challenging the execution of his sentence by United States Bureau of Prisons. Dkt. 4. 17 Having reviewed the Petition, the Court ORDERS: 18 (1) Substitution of Respondent 19 Petitioner has named United States Federal Bureau of Prisons as Respondent for this 20 action. However, the proper respondent for § 2241 petitions is “the person who has custody over 21 [the petitioner].” See Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 434–35 (2004) (citing 28 U.S.C. §§ 22 2242, 2243). Petitioner represents that he is currently detained at Federal Detention Center at 23 24 1 SeaTac, Washington, so the proper respondent for this action is Howard C. Barron, the warden 2 of that facility. 3 Accordingly, the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to SUBSTITUTE Howard C. Barron as 4 the Respondent in this action. The Clerk is also DIRECTED to UPDATE the case title.

5 (2) Service 6 The Clerk shall arrange for service upon Howard C. Barron, upon the United States 7 Attorney General in Washington, D.C., and upon the civil process clerk at the Office of the 8 United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, of copies of the Petition and of 9 this Order, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. 10 (3) Return 11 Within 30 days of the date this Order is posted, Respondents shall show cause why a 12 writ of habeas corpus should not be granted by filing a Return as provided in 28 U.S.C. § 2243. 13 The Return shall first address whether § 2241 is the proper vehicle for addressing Petitioner’s 14 challenge and if jurisdiction lies with the custodial court. See generally Hernandez v. Campbell,

15 204 F.3d 861 (9th Cir. 2000). If the challenge may proceed under § 2241 and is properly before 16 this Court, then Respondents shall also address and submit evidence relevant to Petitioner’s 17 allegation that his sentence is being unlawfully executed. Respondents shall file the Return with 18 the Clerk of the Court and shall serve a copy upon Petitioner. 19 The Return will be treated in accordance with LCR 7. Accordingly, on the face of the 20 Return, Respondent shall note it for consideration no earlier than 28 days after filing. Petitioner 21 may file and serve a response not later than 21 days after the filing date of the Return, and 22 Respondent may file and serve a reply brief not later than 28 days after the return is filed. 23 //

24 1 (4) Filing by Parties, Generally 2 All attorneys admitted to practice before this Court are required to file documents 3 electronically via the Court’s CM/ECF system. All non-attorneys, such as pro se parties and/or 4 prisoners, may continue to file a paper original with the Clerk. All filings must indicate in the

5 upper right-hand corner the name of the United States Magistrate Judge to whom the document 6 is directed. 7 For any party filing electronically, when the total of all pages of a filing exceeds fifty 8 (50) pages in length, a paper copy of the document (with tabs or other organizing aids as 9 necessary) shall be delivered to the Clerk’s Office for chambers. The chambers copy must be 10 clearly marked with the words “Courtesy Copy of Electronic Filing for Chambers.” Any 11 document filed with the Court must be accompanied by proof that it has been served upon all 12 parties that have entered a notice of appearance in the underlying matter. 13 (5) Motions 14 Any request for court action shall be set forth in a motion, properly filed and served.

15 Pursuant to LCR 7(b), any argument being offered in support of a motion shall be submitted as a 16 part of the motion itself and not in a separate document. The motion shall include in its caption 17 (immediately below the title of the motion) a designation of the date the motion is to be noted for 18 consideration on the Court’s motion calendar. 19 (6) Direct Communications with District Judge or Magistrate Judge 20 No direct communication is to take place with the District Judge or Magistrate Judge with 21 regard to this case. All relevant information and papers are to be directed to the Clerk. 22 // 23 //

24 1 The Clerk is DIRECTED to send copies of this Order to Petitioner and to the Honorable 2 Kymberly K. Evanson, 3 Dated this 28th day of May, 2024. 4 A 5 6 Grady J. Leupold United States Magistrate Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23