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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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The record reflects that Petitioner is a citizen of Iraq. (Exhibit to Respondent

Suggestion of Mootness) 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Nashwan Ahmed Ali, 

Petitioner,

vs.

Phillip Crawford, 

Respondent.

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No. CV 05-2341-PHX-DGC (HCE)

REPORT & RECOMMENDATION

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

filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. For the following reasons, the Magistrate Judge

recommends that the District Court dismiss this action as moot.

DISCUSSION

Petitioner alleges that immigration officials are holding him in detention pending his

removal from the United States and that his removal cannot be effected.1

 Therefore,

Petitioner seeks immediate release from custody on the ground that his indefinite detention

with no prospect of effecting removal in the reasonably foreseeable future is unlawful. See

Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001) (when there is no reasonable likelihood that a

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Petitioner was also advised on November 16, 2005 that "[a]t all times during the

pendency of this action, Petitioner shall immediately advise the Court...of any change of

address and its effective date." (November 16, 2005 Order, pp.2-3) 

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foreign government will accept an alien’s return in the reasonably foreseeable future, the INS

may not detain the alien for more than the presumptively reasonable period of six months).

On December 1, 2005, Respondent filed a "Suggestion of Mootness" indicating that

Petitioner was released from custody on October 27, 2005. Therefore, Respondent asserts

that the action is now moot because Petitioner has already obtained the relief requested in his

Petition. 

On March 8, 2006, the Court ordered Petitioner to submit a brief no later than April

10, 2006 showing good cause why this case should not be dismissed as moot in light of

Respondent's Suggestion of Mootness. Additionally, the Court directed Petitioner to file a

Notice of Change of Address by that same date.2

 Petitioner was advised that his failure to

file the brief and Notice of Change of Address would result in a recommendation for

dismissal of this action without further notice to him. Petitioner has not filed the brief or

Notice of Change of Address.

The record supports Respondent's position that Petitioner has obtained the relief he

requested in his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Accordingly, the Petition should be

dismissed as moot.

RECOMMENDATION

For the foregoing reasons, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the District Court

dismiss Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus as moot.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(B), any party may serve and file written objections within

ten days after being served with a copy of this Report and Recommendation. If objections

are filed, the parties should use the following case number: CV 05-2341-PHX-DGC.

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If objections are not timely filed, then the parties' right to de novo review by the

District Court may be deemed waived. See United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114,

1121 (9th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 900 (2003).

The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to mail a copy of this Report and

Recommendation to Petitioner at his address of record and at the following address listed as

Petitioner's forwarding address in the exhibits attached to Respondent's Suggestion of

Mootness:

10450 N. Magnolia Avenue 

# F-6

Santee, CA 92071

DATED this 5th day of May, 2006.

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