Northern District of New York • 9:26-cv-00284

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Feb 23, 2026

PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing fee $ 5.00, receipt number 500004327) filed by Edwin Jose Juarez Orozco, Eyra Lisseth Tinoco Molina. (Mailing envelope included) (meb) (Entered: 02/23/2026)

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Feb 23, 2026

TEXT ORDER: Petitioner seeks federal habeas relief, pursuant to § 28 U.S.C. 2241, challenging his unlawful custody in Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, NY. "Whenever a § 2241 habeas petitioner seeks to challenge his present physical custody within the United States, he should... file the petition in the district of confinement." Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 447 (2004). Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, NY is located in Genesee County, New York, in the Western District of New York ("Western District"). See 28 U.S.C. § 112(d). Consequently, the action shall be transferred to the Western District and, given the significant liberty interests at stake and the time-sensitivity of petitioner's claims, this Court waives the seven-day waiting period customarily afforded under the Local Rules and respectfully directs the Clerk to effectuate the transfer as soon as possible. SO ORDERED by U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Brindisi on 2/23/2026. (Copy served via regular mail)(meb) (Entered: 02/23/2026)

Feb 23, 2026

Case transferred from New York Northern has been opened in U.S. District Court, Western District of New York as case 6:26-cv-06233, filed 02/23/2026. (meb)

Feb 23, 2026

Case transferred electronically to District of Western New York pursuant to the Text Order dated 2/23/2026. (meb) Modified on 2/23/2026 to correct that this was transferred to Western New York (meb).

Feb 23, 2026

Order Transferring Case