ADIM v. HOLDER et al, No. 2:2011cv03088 - Document 2 (D.N.J. 2011)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Stanley R. Chesler on 06/08/2011. (nr, )

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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... 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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 11 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, .. Dated , I I c lThaiey R. Che.. sler United State.s District Judge

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