Muhammad v. Wiles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO DIVISION BILAL MUHAMMAD, § Petitioner, § § v. § § EP-19-CV-286-KC § RICHARD WILES, Sheriff,1 § Respondent. § MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Bilal Muhammad challenges his pretrial detention through an amended pro se “Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241.” Pet’r’s Am. Pet., ECF No. 9-1. He argues the $450,000 secured cash bail bond or corporate surety ordered by the state trial judge is excessive and violates his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Mem. in Supp., ECF No. 9-2, pp. 1–71. He asks the Court to…