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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
ORENCIO ALMAZO BARRAGAN,
Petitioner,
-against-
TODD M. LYONS, et al.,
Respondent.
26 Civ. 311 (JHR)
ORDER
JENNIFER H. REARDEN, District Judge:
On January 13, 2026, Petitioner Orencio Almazo Barragan filed this petition for a writ of
habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner is currently detained at the Otero County
Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico.1
In order to entertain a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, a court must have
jurisdiction over the custodian. See Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky, 410 U.S.
484, 494-95 (1973) (“The writ of habeas corpus does not act upon the prisoner who seeks relief,
but upon the person who holds him in what is alleged to be unlawful custody.”). Thus, the
jurisdiction of a habeas petition challenging a petitioner’s physical confinement generally lies in
the district of his confinement. Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 442 (2004) (“The plain
language of the habeas statute thus confirms the general rule that for core habeas petitions
challenging present physical confinement, jurisdiction lies in only one district: the district of
confinement.”). The Otero County Processing Center, where Petitioner is detained, is in the
District of New Mexico. 28 U.S.C. § 110. Accordingly, the Court transfers this petition to the
1 Petitioner’s whereabouts were determined from the online ICE detainee locator,
www.locator.ice.gov.
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2
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a),
14066(a).
Because this petition seeks the immediate release of an individual in custody, the Court
waives Local Civil Rule 83.1’s seven-day waiting period. The Clerk of Court shall therefore
transfer this action upon the filing of this Order, which closes the case in the Southern District of
New York.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 14, 2026
New York, New York
JENNIFER H. REARDEN
United States District Judge
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