MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KEVIN McNULTY, District Judge.

Petitioner, Nata B.,1 is an immigration detainee currently held at Hudson County Corrections, in Kearny, New Jersey. On August 9, 2019, acting pro se, he filed in this Court a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner challenges the propriety of his present immigration detention and seeks release on bond. Under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases (applied in this proceeding under Rule 1(b) of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases), this Court has examined the petition and determined that dismissal without receiving an answer and the underlying record is not warranted.

Accordingly, IT IS this 15th day of August 2019

ORDERED that the Clerk shall serve copies of the petition (DE I) and this memorandum and order upon respondents by regular mail, with all costs of service advanced by the United States; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk shall forward a copy of the petition (DE 1) and this memorandum and order to the Chief, Civil Division, United States Attorney's Office, at the following email address: USANJ-HabeasCases@usdoj.gov; and it is further

ORDERED that, within forty-five (45) days of the entry of this memorandum and order, respondents shall file and serve an answer that (1) responds to the allegations and grounds in the petition and (2) includes all affirmative defenses respondents seek to invoke; and it is further

ORDERED that respondents shall file and serve with the answer certified copies of all documents necessary to resolve petitioner's claim(s) and affirmative defenses; and it is further

ORDERED that within forty-five (45) days of receipt of the answer, petitioner may file a reply to the answer; and it is further

ORDERED that within seven (7) days of petitioner's release, by parole or otherwise, as well as any change in the basis for petitioner's immigration detention, respondents shall electronically file a written notice of the same with the Clerk.