The Third Circuit has determined that the Sixth Circuit is the proper appellate venue for a detained matter filed with the Cleveland Immigration Court, even though the immigration judge was sitting in Virginia, and the applicant was detained in Pennsylvania. “Therefore, in the context of remote proceedings or hearings, the physical locations of the IJ and other participants are not what dictates the answer to the question of where the proceedings occur. Instead, we agree with the First, Second, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits that ‘proceedings’ take place in the Immigration Court in which the proceedings began, unless there is a formal change of venue. Judicial venue under § 1252(b)(2) thus aligns with administrative venue.” The court, accordingly, transferred the petition for review to the Sixth Circuit,
the full text of Castillo v. Attorney General can be found here: