MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CLAIRE C. CECCHI, District Judge.

This matter has come before the Court on a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 filed by Petitioner Jorge Luis Alvarado Vargas. Petitioner is challenging his detention by immigration officials during his removal proceedings. Petitioner argues that: (1) his denial of bond was a violation of his procedural due process right (Ground Two); and (2) his detention based on a prior conviction of aggravated assault is erroneous (Grounds One and Three). The Court must now screen the Petition in accordance with Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, applicable to § 2241 cases through Rule 1(b).

Petitioner's claim regarding his allegedly erroneous detention is dismissed. This Court does not have jurisdiction to review such a decision on the merits by the immigration court. Davidson v. Green, No. 16-3704, 2017 WL 1250991, at *1 n.1 (D.N.J. Mar. 24, 2017) ("[Petitioner's] claim that his convictions did not provide a basis for detaining him, contrary to a determination made by the Immigration Court in a Joseph hearing, is not reviewable by a habeas court."); 8 U.S.C. § 1226(e). To the extent Petitioner wishes to challenge that decision, he should seek appropriate administrative remedies, which he appears to have already done so. (See ECF No. 1 at 2.) The Court, however, will allow Petitioner's procedural due process claim to proceed.1

IT IS on this 9 day of April, 2018,

ORDERED that all Respondents other than Charles L. Green are hereby DISMISSED, see Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 435 (2004) ("[I]n habeas challenges to present physical confinement - `core challenges' - the default rule is that the proper respondent is the warden of the facility where the prisoner is being held, not the Attorney General or some other remote supervisory official"); it is further

ORDERED that Grounds I and III of the Petition are hereby DISMISSED; it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk shall serve copies of the Petition and this Order upon Respondent by regular mail, with all costs of service advanced by the United States; it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk shall forward a copy of the Petition and this Order to Chief, Civil Division, United States Attorney's Office, at the following email address: USANJ-HabeasCases@usdoj.gov; it is further

ORDERED that, within 45 days after the date of entry of this Order, Respondent shall electronically file a full and complete answer to said Petition, which responds to the factual and legal allegations of the Petition; it is further

ORDERED that the answer shall state the statutory authority for Petitioner's detention, see 28 U.S.C. § 2243; it is further

ORDERED that Respondent shall raise by way of the answer any appropriate defenses which respondent wishes to have the Court consider, including, but not limited to, exhaustion of administrative remedies, and also including, with respect to the asserted defenses, relevant legal arguments with citations to appropriate legal authority; it is further

ORDERED that Respondent shall electronically file with the answer certified copies of the administrative record and all other documents relevant to Petitioner's claims; it is further

ORDERED that all exhibits to the answer must be identified by a descriptive name in the electronic filing entry, for example:

ORDERED that Petitioner may file and serve a reply in support of the petition within 45 days after the answer is filed; and it is further

ORDERED that, within 7 days after any change in Petitioner's custody or immigration status, including but not limited to release, deportation, issuance of a final order of removal, or any subsequent grant of stay, Respondent shall electronically file a written notice of the same with the Clerk.