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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 

Mustapha Cham, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

Jon M. Gurule, 

Respondent.

No. CV-14-01938-PHX-DJH

ORDER 

 This matter is before the Court on Petitioner’s Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for 

a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in Federal Custody (Doc. 1), and the Report and 

Recommendation (“R&R”) issued on January 23, 2015, by United States Magistrate 

Judge Michelle H. Burns (Doc. 17). Also pending before the Court is Petitioner's Motion 

for Immediate Release (Doc. 12), which the Magistrate Judge accurately described as 

"duplicative of [Petitioner's] habeas petition." R & R (Doc. 17) at 19-20. 

 Since the filing of his Petition, the United States Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement ("ICE") agency granted Petitioner release from its custody. R & R (Doc. 

17) at 2:5-7. As the R & R accurately explains, that release moots the Petition. (Id. at 

2:7-10). After Respondent filed a Notice to Court and Suggestion of Mootness based 

upon Petitioner's release from ICE custody, the Magistrate Judge issued an Order to 

Show Cause, requiring Petitioner to file a response thereto showing why his Petition 

should not be dismissed as moot. See Doc. 16. When Petitioner did not respond, and 

because Petitioner had been granted the relief he sought in his Petition, the Magistrate 

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Judge recommended dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 Petition as moot and without 

prejudice. R & R (Doc. 17) at 2:16-19. 

 The parties have not filed objections and the time to do so has expired. Absent 

any objections, the Court is not required to review the findings and recommendations in 

the R&R. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1989) (The relevant provision of the 

Federal Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), “does not on its face require any 

review at all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an objection.”); United States v. 

Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (same); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b)(3) (“The 

district judge must determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge’s disposition that 

has been properly objected to.”). 

 Nonetheless, the Court has reviewed the R&R and agrees with its 

recommendation. The Court will, therefore, accept the R&R, and dismiss the Petition as 

moot and without prejudice. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) (“A judge of the court may 

accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by 

the magistrate judge.”); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b)(3) (same). 

 Additionally, the Court finds that based upon the foregoing Petitioner's Motion for 

Immediate Release (Doc. 12) is denied as moot. 

 Accordingly, 

IT IS ORDERED ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING as an Order of this Court 

Magistrate Judge Burns' R&R (Doc. 17); 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED DISMISSING WITHOUT PREJUDICE the 

Petition Under 28 U.S.C. 2241 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in Federal 

Custody (Doc. 1); 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED DENYING as moot Petitioner's Motion for 

Immediate Release (Doc. 12); and 

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IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall terminate this action 

and enter judgment accordingly. 

 Dated this 17th day of February, 2015. 

Honorable Diane J. Humetewa

United States District Judge 

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