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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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GURBINDER SINGH, )

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Petitioner, )

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ALBERTO GONZALES, et al., )

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Respondents. )

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1:06-CV-01886 AWI DLB HC

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT

OF HABEAS CORPUS

Petitioner has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The

petition alleges that the mandatory and indefinite detention of Petitioner violates Petitioner’s

substantive and procedural due process rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth

Amendment to the Constitution. 

On May 1, 2007, Respondent filed a motion to dismiss for mootness. Respondent

contends the case is moot because the Petitioner has been removed. Respondent has provided the

Court with a copy of the DACS Custody Summary Inquiry showing Petitioner was removed on

January 30, 2007. See Exhibit A, Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss. In addition, the Court notes

that the orders served on Petitioner have been returned by the U.S. Postal Service as

undeliverable.

Because Petitioner is no longer in custody, the case is moot. The case or controversy

requirement of Article III of the Federal Constitution deprives the Court of jurisdiction to hear

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moot cases. Iron Arrow Honor Soc’y v. Heckler, 464 U.S. 67, 70 104 S.Ct. 373, 374-75 (1983);

NAACP., Western Region v. City of Richmond, 743 F.2d 1346, 1352 (9th Cir. 1984). A case

becomes moot if the “the issues presented are no longer ‘live’ or the parties lack a legally

cognizable interest in the outcome.” Murphy v. Hunt, 455 U.S. 478, 481, 102 S.Ct. 1181, 1183

(1984). The Federal Court is “without power to decide questions that cannot affect the rights of

the litigants before them” North Carolina v. Rice, 404 U.S. 244, 246, 92 S.Ct. 402, 406 (1971)

per curiam, quoting Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Hayworth, 300 U.S. 227, 240-241, 57 S.Ct. 461, 463-

464 (1937). 

Because the instant case is moot, the Court must DISMISS the petition.

ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is

DISMISSED as moot. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 10, 2007 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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