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Nature of Suit Code: 465
Nature of Suit: Other Immigration Actions
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

Leonardo Tapia, Jr., 

Petitioner, 

vs.

C. DeRosa, Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. CV-12-02393-PHX-FJM

ORDER

Before the court is petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2241 (doc. 1), respondent’s response (doc. 14), and the Report and Recommendation of the

United States Magistrate Judge recommending that the petition be denied for failure to

exhaust administrative remedies (doc. 20). Petitioner did not file objections to the Report

and Recommendation and the time for doing so has expired.

Petitioner claims that he is a United States citizen being unlawfully detained by

Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An immigration law judge concluded that the

Government had established petitioner’s alienage as a Mexican citizen by “clear, convincing,

and unequivocal evidence,” and ordered petitioner subject to removal. The immigration

judge denied petitioner’s motion for reconsideration. On October 31, 2013, the Board of

Immigration Appeals ordered petitioner’s case remanded for further proceedings, granting

petitioner the opportunity to submit additional evidence that is relevant to his claim of United

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States citizenship. The Magistrate Judge recommends that, under the doctrine of prudential

exhaustion, petitioner should be required to exhaust his administrative remedies before

seeking habeas relief. Petitioner did not object to this recommendation. 

We accept the recommended decision of the Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 636(b)(1). (Doc. 20). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED DISMISSING the petition for writ

of habeas corpus (doc. 1). 

DATED this 11th day of December, 2013.

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