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Nature of Suit Code: 463
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
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

Joseph Aaron Romero-Mendoza, 

Petitioner, 

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Katrina Kane, 

Respondent. 

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No. CV 11-1275-PHX-JAT (ECV)

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

TO THE HONORABLE JAMES A. TEILBORG, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:

Pending before the court is Petitioner's pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Doc. 1. Petitioner alleges that on March 12, 2008, an

Immigration Judge (IJ) issued an order requiring his removal from the United States to El

Salvador. On October 16, 2008, the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the IJ’s order.

Petitioner then sought review in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and that petition

remains pending. See Romero-Mendoza v. Holder, No. 08-74674 (9th Cir. pet. for review

filed Nov. 14, 2008). On April 22, 2009, the Ninth Circuit granted Petitioner’s motion to

stay his removal. Id.

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Petitioner filed his pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in this court on June 28,

2011. Doc. 1. Petitioner alleges that his continued detention while his appeal is pending is

unconstitutional. Id. at 4. He seeks release from custody.

On September 30, 2011, Respondent filed a Notice to the Court and Suggestion of

Mootness in which she asserts that Petitioner was released from custody after posting a bond

of $10,000 on September 8, 2011. Doc. 13. In the filing, Respondent provides a copy of the

letter establishing that Petitioner has been released on bond. Id. Because Respondents’

evidence demonstrates that Petitioner has obtained the relief he sought in his petition, this

action is moot. See Picrin-Peron v. Rison, 930 F.2d 773, 775 (9th Cir. 1991) (alien’s habeas

petition challenging the length of his detention pending deportation was rendered moot when

petitioner was released from custody and reparoled into the United States). The court will

therefore recommend that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus be dismissed.

IT IS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED:

That the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1) be denied and dismissed

without prejudice;

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), Federal Rules of

Appellate Procedure, should not be filed until entry of the district court's judgment. The

parties shall have 14 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)(1); Fed. R.

Civ. P. 6(a), 6(b) and 72. Thereafter, the parties have 14 days within which to file a response

to the objections. Failure to timely file objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and

Recommendation may result in the acceptance of the Report and Recommendation by the

district court without further review. See United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121

(9th Cir. 2003). Failure to timely file objections to any factual determinations of the

Magistrate Judge will be considered a waiver of a party's right to appellate review of the

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findings of fact in an order of judgement entered pursuant to the Magistrate Judge's

recommendation. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72.

DATED this 24th day of October, 2011.

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