MARTINEZ v. GREEN et al
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - All Respondents other than Charles Green are hereby DISMISSED; The Clerk of the Court shall serve copies of the Petition and this Order upon Respondent Charles Green by regular mail, with all costs of service advanced by the Un ited States; The Clerk of the Court shall forward a copy of the Petition and this Order to Chief, Civil Division, United States Attorneys Office, at the following email address: USANJHabeasCases@usdoj.gov; 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 paragraph by paragraph, etc.. Signed by Judge Claire C. Cecchi on 12/29/2015. (anr)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
ALEXIS L. MARTINEZ,
Civil Action No. 15-7707 (CCC)
Petitioner,
v.
:
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CHARLES GREEN, et al.
Respondents.
This matter having come before the Court on Petitioner Alexis L. Martinez (“Petitioner”)’s
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
§ 2241 (“Petition”). Petitioner is
challenging his mandatory detention by immigration officials under 8 U.S.C.
§ 1226(c). Having
screened the Petition in accordance with Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases,
applicable to
§ 2241 cases through Rule 1(b),
IT IS on this
29th
day of December, 2015,
ORDERED that all Respondents other than Charles Green are hereby DISMISSED, see
Rumsfeld v. Fadilla, 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
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facility where the prisoner is being held, not the Attorney General or some other remote
supervisory official”); it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve copies of the Petition and this Order
upon Respondent Charles Green by regular mail, with all costs of service advanced by the United
States; it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court 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 paragraph by paragraph; 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:
“Exhibit #1 Transcript of [type of proceeding] held on XX/XX/XXXX” or
“Exhibit #2 Opinion entered on XX/XX!XXXX by Judge YYYY”; it is further
ORDERED that Petitioner may file and serve a reply in support of the Petition within 30
days after the answer is filed; and it is further
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ORDERED that, within 7 days after any change in Petitioner’s custody status, be it release
or otherwise, Respondent shall electronically file a written notice of the same with the Clerk of the
Court.
SO ORDERED.
Claire C. Cecchi, U.S.D.J.
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