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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Mustafa Aksoy, 

Petitioner,

vs.

Alberto Gonzales, et al., 

Respondents.

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No. CV 05-0734-PHX-NVW

TRANSFER ORDER

Petitioner Mustafa Aksoy, who is represented by counsel, has filed a Petition for Writ

of Habeas Corpus and Complaint for Declaratory Relief. The action will be transferred to

the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit pursuant to the REAL ID Act of

2005.

PETITION

Petitioner is a native and citizen of Turkey. Petitioner entered the United States in

1988 as a conditional permanent resident based on his marriage to a United States citizen.

In 1990, Petitioner’s application to remove the conditions on his status was denied and he

was accused of marriage fraud. On October 2, 1996, an immigration judge found Petitioner

deportable, but granted his application for voluntary departure. On June 9, 1997, the Board

of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) found that Petitioner had waived his right to appeal and

dismissed his appeal, holding that the immigration judge’s order was final. Petitioner did not

file a petition for review with the court of appeals and did not depart the United States. In

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his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, Petitioner

challenges the immigration judge’s final order on the grounds that his immigration attorney

provided him with ineffective assistance of counsel and that the immigration improperly

concluded that Petitioner had engaged in marriage fraud. 

JURISDICTION

After the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus was filed with this Court, Congress

enacted the REAL ID Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231 (May 11, 2005). As

amended by the REAL ID Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(5) now provides in relevant part:

(5) EXCLUSIVE MEANS OF REVIEW. – Notwithstanding any other

provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), including section 2241 of title 28,

United States Code, or any other habeas corpus provision, and sections 1361

and 1651 of such title, a petition for review filed with an appropriate court of

appeals in accordance with this section shall be the sole and exclusive means

for judicial review of an order of removal entered or issued under any

provision of this Act, except as provided in subsection (e).

REAL ID Act §106(a)(1)(B). This provision deprives the Court of habeas corpus jurisdiction

to review an order of removal entered under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Moreover,

the REAL ID Act provides that the jurisdiction stripping provision is retroactive. REAL ID

Act § 106(b) (“subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of enactment of this division and

shall apply to cases in which the final administrative order of removal, deportation, or

exclusion was issued before, on, or after the date of enactment”). 

The matter need not be dismissed, however, because § 106(c) of the REAL ID Act

provides that if any § 2241 habeas corpus case “challenging a final administrative order of

removal . . . is pending in a district court on the date of enactment, then the district court shall

transfer the case . . . to the [appropriate] court of appeals.” REAL ID Act §106(c). Because

this § 2241 habeas corpus action challenges a final administrative order of removal, the Court

lacks jurisdiction and must transfer the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the

Ninth Circuit under § 106(c) of the REAL ID Act. 

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Petition and this action shall be

transferred as a petition for review to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth

Circuit pursuant to § 106(c) of the REAL ID Act of 2005. The Clerk of Court shall transfer

this action forthwith.

DATED this 9th day of November, 2005.

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