The Ninth Circuit has reversed a habeas grant to a detainee in immigration custody because the detainee failed to name his immediate custodian, the warden of the facility where he was detained, as the respondent to his petition. The detainee had named the ICE Field Office Director, rather than the warden at Golden State Annex, as the respondent. In addition, because the Golden State Annex is physically located in the Eastern District of California, that was the proper district for filing habeas, not the Northern District, where the ICE Field Office is located.
The full text of Doe v. Garland can be found here:
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2024/07/29/23-15361.pdf