Opinion
21-CV-8872 (PKC)
11-02-2021
OLUWASEUN OLUBUKOLA OGUNBAMBO (a.k.a. ADEKUNBO BENSON), Petitioner, v. ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, et al., Respondents.
ORDER
P. KEVIN CASTEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Petitioner, who has multiple criminal convictions and was previously removed from the United States, seeks release from detention by federal immigration authorities or alternatively an individualized bond hearing before an impartial adjudicator. He asserts that he was granted a deferral of removal from the United States by an Immigration Judge under the Convention Against Torture. An appeal of the Immigration Judge's grant of a deferral of removal by the Department of Homeland Security is reportedly pending before the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petitioner asserts that he has been in immigration custody for more than six months following his release from the Bureau of Prisons.
Let the Respondents shall cause in writing by December 10, 2021 why the petition ought not be granted. Petitioner may reply by January 7, 2022
The Clerk shall unseal the docket to reflect the identities of all parties. The petitioner shall show cause in writing within 14 days why the Court ought not Order the petitioner to file on the docket a redacted version of the Petition with only limited redactions for family addresses, confidential medical and other personal information.
Petitioner shall serve this Order on all respondents within five days of this Order.
SO ORDERED.