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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11 SHARIPOV KHURSAND, Case No.: 3:26-cv-845-CAB-JLB
12 Petitioner,
ORDER DISMISSING PETITION
13 v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
AND DENYING MOTION TO
14 CHRISTOPHER J. LAROSE,
APPOINT COUNSEL
15 Respondent.
[Doc. Nos. 8–9]
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Before the Court is Petitioner Sharipov Khursand’s amended petition for writ of
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habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, [Doc. No. 8], and motion to appoint counsel,
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[Doc. No. 9]. The Court previously ordered the government to provide Petitioner a bond
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hearing. [Doc. No. 5.] Petitioner received a bond hearing on March 11, 2026; the
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immigration judge denied bond finding Petitioner was a flight risk. [Doc. No. 6.]
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Petitioner disagrees with the hearing’s outcome and says that the immigration judge denied
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bond based on a “very weak DHS argument of flight risk.” [Doc. No. 8 at 6.] Petitioner
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seeks another bond hearing in front of a different, neutral judge. [Id. at 8.]
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The Ninth Circuit has held that it is “improper” for a habeas petitioner to ask the
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federal district court to review the immigration judge’s decision before appealing to the
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Board of Immigration Appeals. See Leonardo v. Crawford, 646 F.3d 1157, 1160 (9th Cir.
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1 }}2011). The Court therefore DISMISSES the petition without prejudice and DENIES the
2 || motion to appoint counsel.
3 It is SO ORDERED.
4 Dated: May 14, 2026 (GB
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Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo
6 United States District Judge
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