Mendez v. United States Department of Justice, 8:17CV493. (2018)
Court: District Court, D. Nebraska
Number: infdco20180109a26
Visitors: 10
Filed: Jan. 08, 2018
Latest Update: Jan. 08, 2018
Summary: ORDER ROBERT F. ROSSITER, JR. , District Judge . This matter is before the Court on petitioner Sergio Elias Mendez Mendez's ("Mendez") Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241 (Filing No. 1). Mendez states he is being held in Hall County Corrections in Grand Island, Nebraska, pursuant to orders by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"). However, Mendez identifies the respondent as the United States Department of Justice, which does not have authority in this ca
Summary: ORDER ROBERT F. ROSSITER, JR. , District Judge . This matter is before the Court on petitioner Sergio Elias Mendez Mendez's ("Mendez") Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241 (Filing No. 1). Mendez states he is being held in Hall County Corrections in Grand Island, Nebraska, pursuant to orders by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"). However, Mendez identifies the respondent as the United States Department of Justice, which does not have authority in this cas..
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ORDER
ROBERT F. ROSSITER, JR., District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on petitioner Sergio Elias Mendez Mendez's ("Mendez") Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Filing No. 1). Mendez states he is being held in Hall County Corrections in Grand Island, Nebraska, pursuant to orders by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"). However, Mendez identifies the respondent as the United States Department of Justice, which does not have authority in this case over Hall County Corrections or ICE.1 Mendez shall have until January 22, 2018, to file an amended petition identifying the correct respondent; if he does not do so, the Court may dismiss this case without further notice.
FootNotes
1. Hall County Corrections is a Nebraska state institution, and ICE is an agency under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security.
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