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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

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

GUMARO GARCIA GARNICA, )

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Petitioner, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary, )

Department of Homeland Security; )

NANCY ALCANTAR, Field Office Director, )

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and )

PETER KEISLER, Acting Attorney General )

of the United States, )

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Respondents. ) )

No. C 07-4953 SBA

ORDER DENYING TEMPORARY

RESTRAINING ORDER AND DISMISSING

PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

Petitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico, and subject of a final order of removal, asks this

Court to enjoin and restrain Respondents from removing him to Mexico and seeks reinstatement of

the privilege of voluntary departure. For the reasons set forth below, the request for a temporary

restraining order is DENIED and the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED. 

The REAL ID Act of 2005 eliminated district court habeas corpus jurisdiction over final orders

of deportation or removal and vested jurisdiction to review such orders exclusively in the courts of

appeals:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), including section 2241

of title 28, United States Code, or any other habeas 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).

INA § 242(a)(5), 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(5). The REAL ID Act further provided:

Judicial review of all questions of law and fact, including interpretation and application of

constitutional and statutory provisions, arising from any action taken or proceeding brought to

remove an alien from the United States under this subchapter shall be available only in judicial

review of a final order under this section. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no court

shall have jurisdiction, by habeas corpus under section 2241 of Title 28, or any other habeas

corpus provision, by section 1361 or 1651 of such title, or by any other provision of law

(statutory or nonstatutory), to review such an order or such questions of law or fact.

INA § 242(b)(9), 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(9). Furthermore, Section 242(g) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. §

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1252(g), as amended by the REAL ID Act, now provides,

(g) Exclusive jurisdiction

Except as provided in this section and 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, no court shall have jurisdiction to hear any

cause or claim by or on behalf of any alien arising from the decision or action by the Attorney

General to commence proceedings, adjudicate cases, or execute removal orders against any

alien under this chapter.

Thus, the only courts with subject matter jurisdiction to review such final orders are the courts

of appeals. Although the REAL ID Act did not eliminate habeas jurisdiction over challenges to

detention that are independent of challenges to final orders of removal, Petitioner's claims clearly

present a challenge to the Attorney General's action to execute his administratively final order of

removal. As a result, this Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain both Petitioner's habeas petition, the

request for a stay of removal and the request to reinstate voluntary departure. Accordingly,

Petitioner's habeas petition is DISMISSED and the request for a temporary restraining order

DENIED. 

SO ORDERED.

 Dated: 9/27/07 SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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