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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

VICENTE ORTIZ, )

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Petitioner/Movant, ) No. CV 08-550-PHX-MHM (CRP)

) CR 04-1303-PHX-MHM

vs. )

) REPORT AND

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) RECOMMENDATION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

)

Respondent. )

__________________________________ )

Movant requests emergency release from prison, alleging the Government is

incarcerating him beyond his sentence. (Doc 12). Movant has two active cases in Arizona

District Court, his criminal case and his related habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255

Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence. See USA v. Ortiz, cr-04-1303-PHXMHM; and Ortiz v. USA, cv-08-550-PHX-MHM (CRP). Movant filed his Motion for

Emergency Release (Doc 12) under the case number for his pending Habeas Petition.

Movant argues the Government is incarcerating him beyond his sentence due to a

miscalculation of his time-served credits. The docket in Movant’s criminal case shows

Movant is being held for violating conditions of his supervised release. (USA v.Ortiz; cr-04-

1303, Docs 128, 142).

Habeas corpus is the proper proceeding in which to challenge the legality or duration

of confinement. Badea v. Cox, 931 F.2d 573, 574 (9th Cir.1991). Movant’s request for

emergency release, however, is unrelated to his underlying habeas petition challenging the

constitutionality of the sentence imposed. Furthermore, Movant essentially requests

injunctive relief from his current confinement. Injunctive relief is appropriate when the

intermediate relief is of the same character as that which may be granted finally. Relief is

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not proper when requested on matters lying wholly outside the issues in suit. DeBeers

Consol. Mines v. United States, 325 U.S. 212, 220 (1945). 

Movant has not established that his request for emergency release relates to his request

for habeas relief from his original criminal sentence. Movant’s request for an injunction is

inappropriate as it lies wholly outside the issues in his habeas petition.

III. RECOMMENDATION

Based on the foregoing, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the District Court,

after its independent review and analysis, enter an order DENYING Movant’s request for

emergency release. (Doc 12).

This recommendation is not an order that is immediately appealable to the Ninth

Circuit Court of Appeals. Any notice of appeal pursuant to Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal

Rules of Appellate Procedure should not be filed until entry of the District Court’s

judgment. The parties shall have ten days from the date of service of a copy of this

recommendation within which to file specific written objections with the court. See 28

U.S.C. § 636(b); Fed.R.Civ.P.Rules 72. The parties are advised that any objections filed

are to be identified with the following case number: cv-08-550-MHM.

The Clerk is directed to mail a copy of the Report and Recommendation to Movant

and counsel for Respondents.

DATED this 23rd day of June, 2009.

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