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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ,
Petitioner,
v.
KRISTI NOEM, et al.,
Respondents.
Case No.: 3:26-cv-01496-CAB-BJW
ORDER GRANTING A WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS
Petitioner Muhammad Farooq, who was born in Pakistan, filed a petition for a writ
of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 	[Doc. No. 1 (“Petition”).] 	Petitioner
alleges that he has been held in immigration detention by Respondents since he crossed the
United States border seeking asylum on March 26, 2025. 	[Id. at 2.] 	He was ordered
removed on July 28, 2025; Respondents have been unable to remove him since then
because he does not have a passport or any document identifying him as a Pakistani citizen.
[Id.] Respondents acknowledge that they have been unable to remove Petition and that he
is therefore “entitled to be released from custody ‘subject to supervision under regulations
prescribed by the Attorney General.’” 	[Doc. No. 5 (emphasis removed) (citing 8 U.S.C.
§ 1231(a)(3) and 8 C.F.R. § 241.5(a)).]
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The Court therefore GRANTS a writ of habeas corpus and ORDERS Respondents
to immediately release Muhammad Farooq subject to supervision under regulations
prescribed by the Attorney General, including the requirements of 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(3).
The Clerk of the Court shall close the case.
It is SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 18, 2026
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