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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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GUOYING CHEN,
Petitioner,
-against-
WILLIAM JOYCE, Acting Field Office
Director of U.S. ICE, New York Field
Office; CALEB VITELLO, Acting
Director, U.S. ICE; and KRISTI NOEM,
Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security,
Respondents.
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ORDER
26-CV-560 (EK)
ERIC KOMITEE, United States District Judge:
Petitioner filed this petition for a writ of habeas
corpus, challenging his ongoing detention by U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement at the South Texas Detention Facility in
Pearsall, Texas. 	ECF No. 1. 	He seeks immediate release from
custody. 	Id.
As articulated in Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426
(2004), “[w]henever a § 2241 habeas petitioner seeks to
challenge his present physical custody within the United States,
he should name his warden as respondent and file the petition in
the district of confinement.” 	542 U.S. at 447. 	On the face of
the Petition, venue is therefore proper in the Western District
of Texas. 	Najera v. United States, No. 16-CV-459, 2016 WL
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6877069, at *7 n.2 (E.D. Va. Nov. 22, 2016) (“ICE’s South Texas
Detention Center is located in the Western District of Texas.”
(citation omitted)).
The Clerk of Court is therefore directed to transfer
this action to the United States District Court for the Western
District of Texas. 	28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 	Rule 83.1 of the Local
Rules of the Eastern District of New York, which requires a
seven-day delay before the Clerk shall transfer a case from this
district, is waived. 	The Clerk of Court is respectfully
directed to mail a copy of this order to the petitioner and to
note the mailing on the docket.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ Eric Komitee
ERIC KOMITEE
United States District Judge
Dated: 	February 2, 2026
Brooklyn, New York
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