Western District of Louisiana • 1:26-cv-04603

#1

Oct 19, 2026

First PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus for Unlawfully Detained Noncitizen ( Filing fee $ 5 receipt number ANJDC-18082884.), filed by SANTOS S CASTRO VICENTE. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit A: Immigration Court Hearing Status, # 2 Exhibit Exhibit B: Petitioner's Passport, # 3 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Coversheet)(SIMBRON, NOEMI) [Transferred from New Jersey on 11/2/2026.] (Entered: 10/19/2026)

#2

Oct 19, 2026

ORDER. Respondents are hereby enjoined from transferring Petitioner from New Jersey pending further Order of the Court. Signed by Judge Julien Xavier Neals on 10/19/26. (jbb) [Transferred from New Jersey on 11/2/2026.] (Entered: 10/19/2026)

Oct 19, 2026

Judge Julien Xavier Neals added. (jbb) [Transferred from New Jersey on 11/2/2026.]

#3

Oct 23, 2026

NOTICE of Appearance by JOSEPH CHARLES SCHANNE, JR on behalf of TODD BLANCHE, MARKWAYNE MULLIN, LUIS SOTO, JOHN TSOUKARIS (SCHANNE, JOSEPH) [Transferred from New Jersey on 11/2/2026.] (Entered: 10/23/2026)

#4

Oct 23, 2026

Letter from Respondents updating the Court as to Petitioner's location and requesting this matter be transferred to the W.D. La.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit I-830)(SCHANNE, JOSEPH) [Transferred from New Jersey on 11/2/2026.] (Entered: 10/23/2026)

#5

Oct 29, 2026

TEXT ORDER - Before the Court is Petitioner Santos S. Castro Vicente ("Petitioner") Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus ("Petition") pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging Petitioner's continued detention by immigration authorities (ECF No. 1 ) and Respondents' ("Government") letter noting that Petitioner is detained in the Western District of Louisianna (ECF No. 4 ). The Government submits that Petitioner was transferred from Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey on October 18, 2026, and was booked into Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana on the same day. (Id.; ECF No. 4 -1.) The Court received Petitioner's Petition on October 19, 2026. (See ECF No. 1 .) The sole proper respondent in a petition brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 is the warden of the facility where the detainee is currently being held. See Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 436 (2004); Yi v. Maugans, 24 F.3d 500, 507 (3d Cir. 1994). Petitioner was confined in the Western District of Louisianna at the time the Petition was filed. Therefore, the only proper respondent would be the Warden of Petitioner's Detention Center in Louisiana, where Petitioner was confined when the Petition was filed. District courts "are limited to granting habeas relief 'within their respective jurisdictions.'" Padilla, 542 U.S. at 442 (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 2241(a)). A writ of habeas corpus pursuant to § 2241 may therefore only be issued by the district court in which the petitioner is currently confined, in this case the Western District of Louisiana, which has jurisdiction over Winnfield, Louisiana. Id.; see also Yi, 24 F.3d at 507 ("A district court's habeas corpus jurisdiction is territorially limited and extends only to persons detained and custodial officials acting within the boundaries of that district."). Because Petitioner is challenging his continued detention in Louisiana, this Court finds that it would be in the interests of justice to transfer this matter to the appropriate court, in this case the Western District of Louisiana District Court. 28 U.S.C. § 1631. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall TRANSFER this action to the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and CLOSE this matter. So Ordered by Judge Julien Xavier Neals on 10/29/2026. (kd) [Transferred from New Jersey on 11/2/2026.] (Entered: 10/29/2026)

Oct 29, 2026

***Civil Case Terminated. (wh) [Transferred from New Jersey on 11/2/2026.]

#6

Nov 02, 2026

DISTRICT CASE transferred in from District of New Jersey; Case Number 2:26-cv-13584. Original file copy of transfer order and docket sheet received (Entered: 11/02/2026)