Chilber Pedrozo Munoz v. Christopher Chestnut, et al.

1 EURniItCed G SRtaAteNs TA ttorney CHARLES CAMPBELL Assistant United States Attorney 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 554-2700 Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CHILBER PEDROZO MUNOZ, CASE NO. 1:25-CV-1908-DC-EFB Petitioner, STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 12 STAYING BRIEFING ON HABEAS CORPUS v. PETITION CHRISTOPHER CHESTNUT, et al., Respondents.

17 Petitioner Chilber Pedrozo Munoz, by and through his counsel of record, Emilio T. Parker, and Respondents, by and through their counsel Eric Grant, United States Attorney, and Charles Campbell, Assistant United States Attorney, stipulate as follows: 20 1. On December 17, 2025, Petitioner filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and a Motion 21 for a Temporary Restraining Order. Dkt. Nos. 2, 3.

22 2. On December 22, 2025, Respondents filed their opposition to the above filings. Dkt. No. 8.

23 3. On December 22, 2025, the Court granted Petitioner’s request for a Temporary Restraining 24 Order and issued a Preliminary Injunction on the same terms. In granting this relief, the 25 Court ordered Petitioner’s immediate release from immigration custody. Dkt. No. 9.

26 Petitioner was released from custody shortly thereafter.

27 4. On December 31, 2025, the Court ordered Respondents to file a response to the Petition for a 28 Writ of Habeas Corpus within 20 days. Dkt. No. 10.

1 5. This matter is in a similar factual and procedural posture as the pending Ninth Circuit appeal 2 in Rodriguez v. Bostock, 779 F.Supp.3d 1239 (W.D. Wash. 2025), Ninth Circuit docket no.

3 25-6842.

4 6. Because the issues in Rodriguez are likely to be dispositive of the issues in this case, the 5 parties ask that any further briefing deadlines in this case be held abeyance until the 6 resolution of the Rodriguez case.

7 IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: January 8, 2026 ERIC GRANT 9 United States Attorney /s/ CHARLES CAMPBELL 11 CHARLES CAMPBELL Assistant United States Attorney 12 Counsel for Respondents Dated: January 8, 2026 /s/ EMILIO TOMAS PARKER EMILIO TOMAS PARKER Counsel for Petitioner 16 C HILBER PEDROZO MUNOZ

[PROPOSED] ORDER IT IS SO FOUND AND ORDERED this 9th day of January, 2026.