ADIM v. HOLDER et al
Filing
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MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Stanley R. Chesler on 06/08/2011. (nr, )
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
Civil Action No.
Petitioner,
11—3088
(SRC)
bMORANDUM OPINION
ERIC HOLDER,
JR.,
et al.,
Respondents.
APPEARANCES:
Petitioner pç se
Uche Adim
Essex County Correctional Facility
354 Doremus Avenue
Newark, NJ 07105
CHESLER,
District Judge
Petitioner Uche Adim,
removal proceedings,
an alien confined,
in connection with
at Essex County Correctional Facility in
Newark,
New Jersey,
corpus,
pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
has filed a Petition for writ of habeas
§ 2241,
challenging his prolonged
detention.
The filing fee for a petition for writ of
habeas corpus is
$5.00.
Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 54.3(a),
the filing fee is
required. to be paid at the time the.. petition is
presented for
fili.np,
Pursuant to Local... Civil Rule 8.. .2(b),
whe.never a
prisoner submits a petition for wr... it of habeas
and seeks to
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provisions contemplate a proceeding against some person
who has
the immediate custody of the party detained, with the
power to
produce the body of such party before the court or judge,
that he
may be liberated if no sufficient reason is shown to the
contrary.”
Wales v. Whitney, 114 U.s. 5674, 574 (1885)
(emphasis
added).
In accord with the statutory language and Wales’
immediate custodian rule, longstanding practice
confirms that in habeas challenges to present physical
wcore challenges”
confinement
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.
—
—
Rumafeld v. Padilla, 542 U.s. 426, 434—436 (2004)
omitted)
(citations
1
In the context of alien detainees, the Court of
Appeals for
the Third Circuit has held,
It is the warden of the prison or the facility
where the detainee is held that is considered the
custodian for purposes of a habeas action. This is
because it is the warden that has day—to—day control
over the prisoner and who can produce the actual body.
That the district director has the power to release
the
detainees does not alter our conclusion. Otherwise,
the Attorney General of the United States could be
considered the custodian of every alien and prisoner
in
1
In Padilla, the Supreme Court also noted (1) the
open
question whether the Attorney General is a proper
respondent to a
habeas petition filed by an alien detained pending
deportation
and (2) the implicit exception to the immediate
custodian rule in
the military context where an American citizen is
detained
outside the territorial jurisdiction of any district
court. 542
U.S. at 435—36, n.8, 9.
3
custody because ultimately she controls the district
directors and the prisons.
.Yi .v,
Maugans,
24 F. 3d 500,
Kholyavs kiy v. Achim,
(3d Cir.
443 F.3d 946
and reaching same result,
Thus,
507
1994)
(7th Cir.
.
See also
2006)
(citi.ng
,
after Padil i.a)
under the circumstances of this case,
t.he warden of
the facility where Petitioner is held is an indispensable party
respondent.
Padilla,
542 U.S.
at 441
(“when the Government
moves a habeas petitioner after she properly files a petition
naming her inediate custodian,
the District Court retains
jurisdiction and may direct the writ to any respondent within its
jurisdiction who has legal authority to effectuate the prisoner’s
release”);
Chavez—Rivas v.
Olsen,
194 F.Supp.2d 368
(D.N.J.
2002)
(where an INS detainee properly files a habeas petition in the
district where he is confined,
and the INS subsequently transfers
the petitioner to a facility outside that district,
the United
States Attorney General may be deemed a “custodian” to allow
the
original district court to retain jurisdiction)
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 2241,
United States district courts
have power to issue writs of habeas corpus “within their
re.spective jurisdictions,”
678,
688
(2001)
also Zadvydas....v,....Dayis,
533 U.S.
(“5 2241 habeas corpus proceedings remain
available as a forum for statu.tory and constitutional challenges
to post—removal-period detention”)
.
Thus,
the court issuing the
writ must be able to exercise personal jurisdiction over the
custod.ian of t.he petitioner.
Co rt,
410 U.S.
4.84,
494-95,
Braden v,
500
30th Judi
al CIrcuit
(1973).
The proviso that district courts may issue the
writ only “within their respective jurisd.ictions” forms
an important corollary to the irmnediate custodian rule
in challenges to present physical custody under § 2241.
Together they compose
simple rule that has been
consistently applied in th.e lower courts, including in
the context of military detentions: Whenever
§ 2241
habeas petitioner seeks to challenge his present
physical custody within the United States, he should
name his warden as respondent and file the petition in
the district of confinement.
Padilla,
542 U.S.
at 446—47
(citations and footnote omitted)
For the foregoing reasons,
this matter,
if Petitioner seeks to re—open
he must attach to such request an amended petition
naming a proper respondent.
CONCLUS ION
For the reasons set forth above,
the Clerk of the Court will
be ordered to administratively terminate the Petition without
prejudice.
Petitioner will be granted leave to move to re—open
within 30 days,
by either prepaying the $5.00 filing fee or
submitting a complete application for leave to proceed j forma
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auperis.
Any application to re—open this matter must be
accompanied by an amended petition naming a proper respondent.
Sn appropriate Order will be entered,
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Dated
,
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lThaiey R. Che.. sler
United State.s District Judge
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