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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federal)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ACHOUR BOUGUERNE,

Petitioner,

CASE NO. 08cv91 WQH (NLS)

ORDER

vs.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, et al.,

Respondents.

HAYES, Judge:

On January 15, 2008, Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2241 (Doc. # 1). The Petition alleges that Petitioner’s continued and indefinite detention

pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1231 is unlawful because Petitioner has been detained beyond the

presumptively reasonable period of six months and there is no significant likelihood of his removal

in the reasonably foreseeable future. See Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001). On April 17, 2008,

this Court issued an order to show cause requiring Respondents to answer the Petition (Doc. # 8). On

May 12, 2008, Respondents answered the order to show cause by stating that the decision had been

made to release Petitioner from custody and that “[u]pon Bouguerne’s release,” Respondents would

“request dismissal for mootness” (Docs. # 9). On May 13, 2008, Respondents filed a notice of release

from custody, which notified the Court that Petitioner had been released from Respondents’ custody

(Doc. # 10). On June 6, 2006, Petitioner filed a traverse, which states that “[b]ecause Petitioner was

released from Respondents’ custody on an order of supervision on May 13, 2008, the Petition should

be dismissed without prejudice as moot” (Doc. # 11).

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 As Petitioner has been released from Respondents’ custody, the Court concludes that

Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to § 2241 is moot. The Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus (Doc. # 1) is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 10, 2008

WILLIAM Q. HAYES

United States District Judge

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