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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
EDWINE WELLINGTON SISA SISA,
Petitioner,
v. 	Case No. 1:26-cv-00163-JB-LF
PAMELA BONDI, et al.,
Respondents.
ORDER TO ANSWER
THIS MATTER is before the Court on petitioner Edwine Wellington Sisa Sisa’s Verified
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1). United States District Judge James Browning
referred this case to me pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 636(b)(1)(B), (b)(3), and Virginia Beach
Federal Saving & Loan Ass’n v. Wood, 901 F.2d 849 (10th Cir. 1990), “to conduct hearings, if
warranted, including evidentiary hearings, and to perform any legal analysis required to
recommend to the Court an ultimate disposition of the case.” Doc. 3 at 1.
On January 28, 2026, Chief United States District Judge Kenneth Gonzalez issued a
standing order that all cases where an alien detainee challenges their detention by a federal
agency pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 shall be governed by Rule 4 of the Rules Governing
Section 2254 Cases. See Ex. A (January 28, 2026, standing order). Rule 4 provides, in part, that
[t]he clerk must promptly forward the petition to a judge under the court’s
assignment procedure, and the judge must promptly examine it. If it plainly
appears from the petition and any attached exhibits that the petitioner is not
entitled to relief in the district court, the judge must dismiss the petition and direct
the clerk to notify the petitioner. If the petition is not dismissed, the judge must
order the respondent to file an answer, motion, or other response within a fixed
time, or to take other action the judge may order.
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SECT 2254 Rule 4. The Standing Order further provides that the Clerk of the Court will
electronically serve a copy of the petition and any order to respond to the respondents through
the CM/ECF filing system. Ex. A at 1. Respondents are not required to respond to a petition
unless ordered to do so, but if a response is ordered, “the Court will fix the time by which
response must be made, which will be no less than ten business days unless the petition includes
a request for a temporary restraining order.” Id. at 2.
The Court, after examining the petition, has determined that a response is required.
Consistent with the Standing Order, Respondents shall file their response to the petition no later
than Thursday, February 12, 2026. Petitioner’s Reply, if any, shall be filed no later than ten
business days after the response is filed. The court will set a hearing, if necessary.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Laura Fashing
United States Magistrate Judge
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