Free Motion for Order to Show Cause - District Court of California - California

Case 5:08-cv-01022-JF

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Robert B. Jobe (Cal. State Bar #133089) Sara E. Coppin (Cal. State Bar #245952) LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT B. JOBE 550 Kearny Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 956-5513 (phone) (415) 840-0308 (fax) Attorneys for Petitioner, Satinderpal Singh. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION SATINDERPAL SINGH, Petitioner, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CV 08-1022 JF DHS Alien Number: A 75-306-564

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v. LT. DAVID SEPULVEDA, JAIL ADMINISTRATOR, SANTA CLARA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; ET AL., Respondents.

APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Petitioner, Satinderpal Singh ("Mr. Singh"), hereby requests the Court to grant his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus or, alternatively, to issue an order directing Respondents to show cause why his petition should not be granted. This request is based on the following grounds: 1. 28 U.S.C. § 2243 requires that "[a] court, justice, or judge entertaining an

application for a writ of habeas corpus shall forthwith award the writ or issue an order directing the respondent to show cause why the writ should not be granted, unless it appears from the application that the application or person detained is not entitled thereto." 2. On February 20, 2008, Mr. Singh filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, in

which he alleged that he was being unlawfully detained pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1225 & 1226(c). Because Mr. Singh's petition raises a substantial challenge to the lawfulness of his ongoing

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detention, the Court should immediately order Respondents to show cause why the Writ should not be granted, within the next ten (10) days. 28 U.S.C. § 2243.

Date: February 25, 2008

Respectfully submitted, LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT B. JOBE /s/ Robert B. Jobe _______________________________ Robert B. Jobe Counsel for Petitioner

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Robert B. Jobe (Cal. State Bar #133089) Sara E. Coppin (Cal. State Bar #245952) LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT B. JOBE 550 Kearny Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 956-5513 (phone) (415) 840-0308 (fax) Attorneys for Petitioner, Satinderpal Singh. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION SATINDERPAL SINGH, Petitioner, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CV 08-1022 JF DHS Alien Number: A 75-306-564

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v. LT. DAVID SEPULVEDA, JAIL ADMINISTRATOR, SANTA CLARA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; ET AL., Respondents.

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Based upon the Application for Issuance of Order to Show Cause, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondents show cause within the next ten (10) days as to why Petitioner's Writ should not be granted.

Dated this_____________day of_______________, 2008.

________________________________ JEREMY FOGEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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