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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-7734

BILLY G. ASEMANI,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES; SECRETARY OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

Maryland, at Baltimore. Richard D. Bennett, District Judge.

(1:07-cv-02969-RDB)

Submitted: August 25, 2008 Decided: September 8, 2008

Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior Circuit

Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Billy G. Asemani, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Billy G. Asemani seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2000) petition.

Asemani seeks a declaration that the Attorney General is the proper

respondent in his § 2241 proceedings. In the underlying petition,

he requested that the Attorney General notify the Maryland State

Division of Corrections that Asemani will not be taken into federal

custody for removal purposes following completion of his state

sentence because he is a United States national. He denies,

however, that his § 2241 petition is an effort to seek review of

his removal proceedings, and he seeks no relief from Maryland

prison officials. Because the relief sought by Asemani is

inextricably intertwined with his removal proceedings, and the

district court did not have jurisdiction over those proceedings, it

properly declined to issue an advisory opinion regarding the proper

respondent or Asemani’s nationality. Accordingly, we affirm the

district court’s order. We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the

materials before the court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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