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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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Case No. C 05-3660-JF

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

(JFLC2)

**E-Filed 9/21/05**

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

BABITA KAUR,

 Petitioner,

 v.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary, Department of

Homeland Security, et al.,

 Respondents.

Case Number C 05-3660-JF

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

[Doc. No. 1]

Petitioner Babita Kaur (“Kaur”), a native and citizen of India, alleges the following: she

was ordered removed by an Immigration Judge in January 2004 after failing to appear at a

scheduled hearing on her claim for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the

Convention Against Torture. Kaur filed a motion to reopen, which was denied on August 31,

2004. Kaur then filed an appeal with the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”); the appeal

currently is pending. However, she failed to request a stay of removal pending disposition of her

administrative appeal, and as a result was taken into custody by Respondents. On August 25,

2005, Kaur filed an emergency motion to stay removal with the BIA. That motion is pending.

On September 12, 2005, Kaur filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus asserting

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 Counsel for Respondents indicated that Kaur likely would be removed from the United

States next week. Kaur’s petition does not challenge her removal and likely could not in light of

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

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ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

(JFLC2)

that her detention by Respondents constitutes a denial of due process as guaranteed by the Fifth

Amendment. Specifically, she asserts that Respondents’ decision to detain her was unlawful

because she has a meritorious appeal pending before the BIA and because her current pregnancy

has been deemed high risk. She also requests that this Court order her released from detention as

a matter of discretion.

Kaur has not cited, and the Court has not discovered, any authority demonstrating that

this Court has subject matter jurisdiction to consider the propriety of Respondents’ decision to

detain Kaur. Moreover, on September 21, 2005, counsel for Respondents informed Court staff

that Respondents have agreed to release Kaur with electronic monitoring. Accordingly, even if

the Court did have jurisdiction to consider it, the petition appears to be moot. For these reasons,

the petition is hereby DENIED.1

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 9/21/05

/s/ electronic signature authorized 

__________________________________

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Case No. C 05-3660-JF

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

(JFLC2)

Copies of Order served on:

Counsel for Petitioner:

Ashwani Bhakhri

Law Offices of Ashwani Bhakhri

1290 Bayshore Hwy., Suite 255

Burlingame, CA 94010 

Counsel for Respondents:

Mark. St. Angelo

fax no. 408-535-5081

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