Prem S. v. Warden of the Golden State Annex Detention Facility et al.

• Court: District Court, E.D. California
• Decided: December 16, 2025
• Docket: 1:25-cv-01869
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 PREM S., No. 1:25-cv-01869-TLN-SCR 11 Petitioner, 12 v. ORDER 13 WARDEN OF THE GOLDEN STATE ANNEX DETENTION FACILITY et al., 14 Respondents. 15

16 Petitioner Prem S.1 (“Petitioner”), an immigration detainee who is representing himself, 17 filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (ECF No. 1.) Based on 18 the substance of Petitioner’s brief and the relief requested therein, the Court construes Petitioner’s 19 pleading as a motion for a temporary restraining order. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 20 (1976) (stating that pleadings by pro se litigants must be held to less stringent standards than 21 formal pleadings drafted by lawyers). 22 Respondents shall file a response to Petitioner’s request for injunctive relief by noon on 23 24 1 As recommended by the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of 25 the Judicial Conference of the United States, the Court omits petitioner’s full name, using only his first name and last initial, to protect sensitive personal information. See Memorandum re: Privacy 26 Concern Regarding Social Security and Immigration Opinions, Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, Judicial Conference of the United States (May 1, 2018), 27 https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/18-cv-l-suggestion_cacm_0.pdf. The Clerk of Court is directed to update the docket to reflect this change accordingly. 28 1 Friday, December 19, 2025. Any opposition shall provide the Court with copies of all 2 referenced/relevant portions of Petitioner’s A-File and any and all available records related to 3 Petitioner’s allegations. Petitioner may file a reply, if any, by Tuesday, December 23, 2025. 4 Pending the Court’s ruling on this petition, Respondents shall not take any action to 5 transfer Petitioner out of this District. See F.T.C. v. Dean Foods Co., 384 U.S. 597, 608 (1966) 6 (acknowledging the Court’s “express authority under the All Writs Act to issue such temporary 7 injunctions as may be necessary to protect its own jurisdiction”). 8 Based on the facts surrounding Petitioner’s detention, the Court provisionally authorizes 9 Petitioner to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914. Additionally, in light of the 10 complexity of the legal issues involved, the Court has determined that the interests of justice 11 require the appointment of counsel for Petitioner. See 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B); see also 12 Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952, 954 (9th Cir. 1983). Within seven days from the date of this 13 order, the appointing authority for the Eastern District of California shall identify counsel and 14 send counsel’s contact information to Michele Krueger, Courtroom Deputy for Chief Judge Troy 15 Nunley, via email at mkrueger@caed.uscourts.gov, who shall update the docket to reflect 16 counsel’s appointment. If counsel is not a member of the Eastern District of California Criminal 17 Justice Act (“CJA”) Panel, the Court hereby authorizes them to serve as CJA counsel for 18 petitioner for the duration of the proceedings in this Court pursuant to Local Rule 180(b)(1). 19 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 20 1. Respondents shall file a response to Petitioner’s request for immediate injunctive relief 21 by noon on Friday, December 19, 2025; Petitioner may file a reply, if any, by 22 December 23, 2025; 23 2. In order to ensure this Court’s jurisdiction to resolve the pending § 2241 petition, 24 Respondent shall not transfer Petitioner to another detention center outside of this 25 judicial district, pending further order of the Court; 26 3. Petitioner is provisionally authorized to proceed in forma pauperis, subject to 27 Petitioner filing an application to proceed in forma pauperis by January 2, 2026. The 28 Clerk of the Court is directed to serve Petitioner with an application to proceed in 1 forma pauperis; 2 4. Within seven days from the date of this order, the appointing authority for the Eastern 3 District of California shall identify counsel and send counsel’s contact information to 4 Michele Krueger, Courtroom Deputy for Chief Judge Troy Nunley, who shall update 5 the docket to reflect counsel’s appointment; 6 5. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order on the Federal Defender, 7 Attention: Habeas Appointment, along with a copy of the § 2241 petition; 8 6. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order together with a copy of 9 Petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on 10 the United States Attorney; and 11 7. The Clerk of Court is directed to update the docket to only list Petitioner’s first name 12 and last initial. 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. 14 || Date: December 16, 2025 15 16 7, 17 TROY L. NUNLEY 18 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28