Ex Parte Roldan Meza-Gonzalez v. the State of Texas

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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No. 08-26-00134-CR
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Ex Parte Roldan Meza-Gonzalez

AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN MANDAMUS

M E MO RA N D UM O PI NI O N
Miriam Arevalo, representing Anita’s Children Organization, has filed an application for

writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2241 on behalf of Roldan Meza-Gonzalez, in which she

alleges that Meza-Gonzalez is being held by federal immigration authorities in the El Paso Service

Processing Center. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.12; 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2008).

To the extent that the application seeks to secure Meza-Gonzalez’s release from federal

custody, this matter is one of “exclusively federal jurisdiction.” Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.63;

Ex parte Nguyen, 31 S.W.3d 815, 816 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2000, orig. proceeding). Only a federal
court may issue a writ of habeas corpus and grant the relief Meza-Gonzalez seeks. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 2241(a) (2008) (authorizing the Supreme Court, federal district courts, and any circuit judge

within their respective jurisdictions to grant habeas relief). We dismiss the application.

MARIA SALAS MENDOZA, Chief Justice

April 1, 2026

Before Salas Mendoza, C.J., Palafox and Soto, JJ.

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