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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 (Federal)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Horacio Figueroa Medina, 

Petitioner,

vs.

Charles Gilkey, 

Respondent.

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No. CV 07-1178-PHX-SMM (JJM)

ORDER

Petitioner Horacio Figueroa Medina (39437-008) filed a pro se Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The Court dismissed the Petition with leave

to file an amended petition. Petitioner subsequently filed an Amended Petition. The Court

will dismiss the Amended Petition and this action without prejudice.

I. Background

On October 20, 1997, Petitioner was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment and 3

years of supervised release upon his plea of guilty to one count of illegal reentry in violation

of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). See U.S. v. Figueroa-Medina, CR 97-0658-TUC-JMR (D. Ariz.

judgment entered Oct. 20, 1997). On December 1, 2000, Petitioner was sentenced to 8

months of imprisonment and 2 years of supervised release upon his plea of guilty to one

count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1)

and (b)(1)(D). See U.S. v. Figueroa-Medina, CR 00-0243-TUC-JMR (D. Ariz. judgment

entered Dec. 1, 2000). Also on December 1, 2000, Petitioner was sentenced 57 months of

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imprisonment and 2 years fo supervised release upon his plea of guilty to one count of illegal

reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). See U.S. v. Figueroa-Medina, CR 00-1322-TUCJMR (D. Ariz. judgment entered Dec. 1, 2000). Petitioner’s sentence in CR 00-1322 was to

run concurrent to his sentence in CR 00-0243 and consecutive to the 8 months of

imprisonment to which Petitioner was sentenced upon the revocation of his supervised

release in CR 97-0658. See Id.

On March 8, 2006, Petitioner was indicted on one count of reentry after deportation

in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. See U.S. v. Figueroa-Medina, CR 06-0467-TUC-RCC

(GEE) (D. Ariz. indictment entered Mar. 8, 2006). The indictment charges that Petitioner

was found in the United States on February 10, 2006, after having been deported from the

United States on March 28, 2005. Id. Petitioner’s federal criminal prosecution is currently

stayed pending a determination of his competency to stand trial. Id. at Doc. #62.

I. Petition

In his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Petitioner argues that his deportation in

March of 2005 was improper because he was not given a hearing before an immigration

judge, he was not represented by counsel, he was denied the right to apply for relief from

deportation, and he was not competent to sign any immigration papers. Petitioner also argues

that he has the “right to attack the Deportation/Reinstatement” under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d).

Amended Petition, Doc. #6 at 8.

II. Discussion

Under the REAL ID Act of 2005, the district courts no longer have habeas corpus

jurisdiction to review an order of removal. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(5) (“Notwithstanding any

other provision of law . . ., including section 2241 of Title 28, or any other habeas corpus

provision, . . a petition for review filed with an appropriate court of appeals . . . shall be the

sole and exclusive means for judicial review of an order of removal . . . .”). Although 8

U.S.C. § 1326(d) authorizes an alien to challenge a deportation order in limited

circumstances, such challenge must be brought “[i]n a criminal proceeding under . . . section”

1326. 8 U.S.C. § 1362(d). Accordingly, this action will be dismissed without prejudice to

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permit Petitioner to assert his claims through his appointed counsel in his pending federal

criminal prosecution in U.S. v. Figueroa-Medina, CR 06-0467-TUC-RCC (GEE).

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Amended Petition (Doc. #6) and this action are

DISMISSED without prejudice. The Clerk of Court must enter judgment accordingly.

DATED this 20th day of November, 2007.

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