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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF PETITION FOR THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS Page 1 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ISRAEL P. LEON, § 

 Petitioner, § 

 § 

versus § 

 § 

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, in his Official § Civil No. C05-4022 TEH 

Capacity, Secretary, Department of § 

Homeland Security; ALBERTO § Voluntary Dismissal or Withdrawal 

GONZALES, in his Official Capacity, § of Petition for Writ of Habeas 

Attorney General, Department of Justice; § Corpus 

And NANCY ALCANTAR, Field Office § 

Director, San Francisco, CALIFORNIA, § 

United States Bureau of Immigration and § 

Customs Enforcement, § 

 Respondents. § 

 The grounds for the instant Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus have been rendered moot 

by the issuance of an Emergency Stay, by the Board of Immigration Appeals and pursuant to 8 

C.F.R. 1003.19(i)(2), of the Immigration Judge’s Order permitting the release of Petitioner on 

bond. 

 Therefore, Petitioner, Mr. Leon, through his counsel, hereby submits this request for 

withdrawal of the Petition and dismissal of the Court’s Order to Show Cause. Petitioner notes 

that there may be other and related issues of substantive and due process regarding his custody by 

the Department of Homeland Security, and respectfully requests that the dismissal be without 

prejudice to any future and distinct Petition(s) for the Writ of Habeas Corpus related to this 

custody. 

 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 __________________________________________ 

 RICHARD L. COSHNEAR. 

 By Richard L. Coshnear 

 California Bar No. 222958 

 719 Orchard Street 

 Santa Rosa, CA 95404 

 (707) 523-1740, FAX (707) 573-1094 

 Attorney for Petitioner 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Thelton E. Henderson

10/19/05
VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF PETITION FOR THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS Page 2 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I certify that a true copy of the above Voluntary Dismissal or Withdrawal of the Petition

for the Writ of Habeas Corpus was served on the United States Attorney for the Northern 

District of California by first-class, U.S. mail on October 20, 2005. 

 ___________________________________ 

 RICHARD L. COSHNEAR