Alsaidi v. Garland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FARIS ABDULLAH ALSAIDI, Petitioner, v. 21-CV-504-LJV ORDER MR. MERRICK GARLAND, et al., Respondents. On April 16, 2021, the petitioner, Faris Abdullah Alsaidi, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 42 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging the validity of his detention at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, New York. Docket Item 1. On June 7, 2021, the respondents moved to dismiss the petition. Docket Item 4. The respondents argue that because Alsaidi has been detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a) as a noncitizen subject to…