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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

Narinder Singh, 

Petitioner,

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Phillip Crawford, 

Respondent. 

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No. CV 06-2194-PHX-MHM (GEE)

ORDER

Petitioner Narinder Singh (A93-186-463) has filed a pro se Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and a Motion for Preliminary Injunction and

Temporary Restraining Order. The Court stayed the action to permit Petitioner to either pay

the filing fee or file an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner subsequently

paid the filing fee and filed an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. Because the filing

fee has been paid, the Court will deny Petitioner’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

as moot. The Court will also dismiss the Petition with leave to amend and deny Petitioner’s

Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order. 

I. Background

Petitioner is a native and citizen of India. On February 24, 2005, an immigration

judge entered an order for Petitioner’s removal from the United States. On June 30, 2005,

the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissed Petitioner’s appeal. Petitioner’s direct

appeal from the decision of the BIA is currently pending before the United States Court of

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Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. See Singh v. Gonzales, No. 05-74204 (9th Cir. pet. for review

filed Jul. 18, 2005). On December 12, 2005, the Ninth Circuit granted Petitioner’s request

for a stay of removal.

Petitioner has been detained in the Eloy Detention Center in Eloy, Arizona, since

November of 2004. In his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Petitioner challenges his

detention and seeks an order requiring Respondents to release him. Relying on Zadvydas v.

Davis, 533 U.S. 678, 701 (2001), Petitioner argues that his detention under 8 U.S.C. §

1231(a)(6) for more than six months is not lawful.

II. Discussion

The REAL ID Act of 2005 does not deprive the Court of jurisdiction because the Act

was “not intended to ‘preclude habeas review over challenges to detention that are

independent of challenges to removal orders.’” Hernandez v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 42, 42-43

(1st Cir. 2005) (quoting H.R. Cong. Rep. No. 109-72, at 2873 (2005)); See also Nadarajah

v. Gonzales, 443 F.3d 1069, 1075 (9th Cir. 2006) (“By its terms, the jurisdiction-stripping

provision [of the REAL ID Act] does not apply to federal habeas corpus petitions that do not

involve final orders of removal.”). Because Petitioner challenges only his detention, and not

the merits of his removal order, the Court retains jurisdiction.

Petitioner claims that his detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(6) for more than six

months is not lawful. But Petitioner is not subject to detention under § 1236(a)(6).

Following the entry of an administratively final order of removal, an alien is subject to

mandatory detention during a 90-day “removal period.” 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(1)(A), (a)(2).

If he cannot be removed within the 90-day removal period, the alien may be granted

supervised release or may be further detained, subject to administrative review. 8 U.S.C. §

1231(a)(3). Under § 1231(a)(6), an alien who is removable as an aggravated felon “may be

detained beyond the removal period.” 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(6). But, when there is no

significant likelihood that a foreign government will accept the alien’s return in the

reasonably foreseeable future, the Government may not detain the alien for more than the

presumptively reasonable period of six months. Zadvydas, 533 U.S. at 701. 

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However, the rules for detention under § 1231(a) do not apply in Petitioner’s case

because the 90-day “removal period” has not yet begun. Section 1231(a)(1)(B) provides: 

The removal period begins on the latest of the following:

(i) The date the order of removal becomes administratively final.

(ii) If the removal order is judicially reviewed and if a court orders a stay

of the removal of the alien, the date of the court’s final order. (iii) If the alien is detained or confined (except under an immigration process),

the date the alien is released from detention or confinement.

8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(1)(B) (emphasis added). Although Petitioner is subject to an

administratively final order of removal, the “removal period” has not yet begun because his

removal order is currently on appeal to the Ninth Circuit and because the Ninth Circuit has

granted a stay of his removal. The “removal period” will not begin for Petitioner until “the

date of [Ninth Circuit’s] final order.” 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(1)(B)(ii). Accordingly, Petitioner’s

current detention is pursuant to the pre-removal order detention statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1226,

rather than the post-removal order detention statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1231. Because 8 U.S.C.

§ 1231 does not apply to Petitioner’s case, his claim for relief, that he has been unlawfully

detained beyond the 90-day removal period, is meritless. The Court recognizes, however,

that Petitioner may have some other basis for challenging the legality of his current detention.

Accordingly, the Petition will be dismissed with leave to amend to allow Petitioner to present

a cognizable claim for habeas corpus relief.

III. Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order

Petitioner seeks an order respondent to immediately release him from custody.

Having already determined that Petitioner has no chance of success on the merits of his

Petition, however, the Court must deny Petitioner’s motion for a preliminary injunction. See

Arcamuzi v. Continental Air Lines, Inc., 819 F.2d 935, 937 (9th Cir. 1987) (if the applicant

shows no chance of success on the merits, a preliminary injunction should not issue).

IV. Warnings

A. Address Changes

Petitioner must file and serve a notice of a change of address within ten (10) days of

the date his move is effective. LRCIV 83.3(d). Petitioner must not include a request for any

other relief in his notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in dismissal.

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B. Copies

Petitioner must serve Respondent, or counsel if an appearance has been entered, a

copy of every document that he files. FED.R.CIV.P. 5(a). Each filing must be accompanied

by a certificate stating that a copy of the filing was served. FED. R. CIV. P. 5(d). Petitioner

also must submit an additional copy of every filing for use by the Court. LRCIV 5.4. The

Court may strike any filing that fails to comply with these requirements.

C. Possible dismissal

Petitioner is warned that failure to timely comply with every provision of this Order,

including these warnings, may result in dismissal of this action without further notice. See

Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (district court may dismiss action

for failure to comply with any order of the Court).

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) That Petitioner’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. #6) is denied

as moot.

(2) That Petitioner’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining

Order (Doc. #4) is denied.

(3) That the Petition is dismissed with leave to amend. Petitioner must file an

amended petition within 30 days from the date this Order is filed and must explain the status

of the immigration proceedings against him. The amended petition must set forth in

summary form each step of the immigration proceedings, the outcome of each proceeding,

whether Petitioner appealed the outcome, and the status of his appeals, if any. The amended

petition must be retyped or rewritten in its entirety on a Court-approved form and may not

incorporate any part of the original Petition, including exhibits, by reference. Any amended

petition submitted by Petitioner should be clearly designated as an amended petition on the

face of the document.

(4) That the Clerk of Court must provide to Petitioner a current Court-approved form

for filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

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(5) That the Clerk of Court must enter a judgment of dismissal of this action without

prejudice and without further notice to Petitioner if Petitioner fails to file an amended petition

within 30 days of the date this Order is filed.

DATED this 16th day of November, 2006.

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Name

 

Prison Number

 

Place of Confinement

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Full Name )

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 Petitioner, ) 

) Case Number (To be supplied by

 vs. ) by the Clerk, U.S. District

) Court)

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(Name of Warden, Superintendent, )

Jailor, or authorized person ) PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

having custody of petitioner.) ) CORPUS BY A PERSON IN FEDERAL

) CUSTODY (28 U.S.C. § 2241)

) (Do not use this form if you

) are challenging a state or 

Respondent. ) federal judgment or conviction

) and sentence)

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PETITION.2241 (Revised 9/1/91)

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INSTRUCTIONS - READ CAREFULLY

(1) This petition must be legibly handwritten or typewritten and

signed by the petitioner under penalty of perjury. Any false

statement of a material fact may serve as the basis for prosecution

and conviction for perjury. All questions must be answered concisely

in the proper space on the form. Where more room is needed to answer

any question, attach additional pages. 

(2) Additional pages are not permitted except with respect to the

facts which you rely upon to support your grounds for relief. No

citation of authorities need be furnished. If briefs or arguments

are submitted, they should be submitted in the form of a separate

memorandum.

(3) Upon receipt of a fee of $5.00, your petition will be filed if

it is in proper order.

(4) If you do not have the necessary filing fee, you may request

permission to proceed in forma pauperis, in which event you must

execute the Declaration on the last two (2) pages, setting forth

information establishing your inability to prepay the fees and costs

or give security therefor. If you wish to proceed in forma pauperis,

you must have an authorized officer at the penal institution complete

the Certificate as to the amount of money and securities on deposit

to your credit in any account at the institution. If your prison

account exceeds $25.00 you must pay the filing fee as required by the

Rules of the District Court.

(5) Only one unlawful confinement, time credit loss, or parole

matter, etc., may be challenged in a single petition. If you

challenge more than one, you should do so by separate petitions.

(6) Your attention is directed to the fact that you must include all

grounds for relief and all facts supporting such grounds for relief

in the petition. 

(7) When the petition is fully completed, the original and two (2)

copies must be mailed to:

Phoenix & Prescott Divisions: OR Tucson Division:

U.S. District Court Clerk U.S. District Court Clerk

U.S. Courthouse, Suite 321 U.S. Courthouse, Suite 1500

401 West Washington Street, SPC 10 405 West Congress Street

Phoenix, Arizona 85003-2119 Tucson, Arizona 85701-5010

(8) Petitions that do not conform to these instructions will be

returned with a notation as to the deficiency.

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PETITION

1. Name and location of court that entered the judgment of

conviction: 

2. Date of judgment of conviction: 

Case Number: 

3. Length of sentence: Sentencing Judge: 

4. Nature of offence(s) of which you were convicted: 

 

 

 

5. Did you appeal from the judgment of conviction? Yes( ) No( )

6. If you did appeal, give the following information for each

appeal:

a. (1) Name of court 

(2) Result 

(3) Date of result 

(4) Citation or number of opinion 

(5) Grounds raised (list each)

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

b. (1) Name of court 

(2) Result 

(3) Date of result 

(4) Citation or number of opinion 

(5) Grounds raised (list each)

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

7. State concisely every ground on which you claim that you are

being held unlawfully. Summarize briefly the facts supporting

each ground. If necessary, you may attach pages stating

additional grounds and facts supporting same.

CAUTION: In order to proceed in the federal court you must ordinarily

first exhaust your administrative remedies as to each ground on which

you request action by the federal court. As to all grounds on which

you have previously exhausted administrative remedies, you should set

them forth in this petition if you wish to seek federal relief. If

you fail to set forth all such grounds in this petition, you may be

barred from presenting them at a later date.

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For your information, the following is a list of the most

frequently raised grounds for relief in habeas corpus proceedings.

Each statement preceded by a letter constitutes a separate ground for

possible relief. You may raise any grounds that you may have other

than those listed if you have exhausted all your administrative

remedies with respect to them. However, you should raise in this

petition all available grounds.

If you select one or more of these grounds for relief, you must

allege facts in support of the ground or grounds that you choose. Do

not check any of the grounds listed below. The petition will be

returned to you if you merely check (a) through (m), or any one of

these grounds:

(a) Conditions of confinement violate a constitutional right.

(b) Prison regulations, on their face or as enforced, are 

violative of the Constitution or other federal law.

(c) Prison transfer has been threatened, carried out, or denied

in violation of federal constitutional or statutory law.

(d) Confinement is at a place forbidden by statutory law.

(e) Convicted person's prisoner classification violates federal

constitutional or other law.

(f) Good time credit has been ended or forfeited in violation

of federal constitutional or statutory law.

(g) Credit for time spent in jail prior to sentencing or

pending appeal has been denied in violation of federal

constitutional or other law.

(h) Prison officials have refused to release the convicted

person, even though he has served his sentence or is

entitled to mandatory release.

(i) Parole was denied, postponed, rescinded, or revoked in

violation of federal constitutional or other law.

(j) A parole violation warrant was issued or executed in

violation of federal constitutional or other law.

(k) There has been an unlawful refusal to terminate parole.

(l) Convicted person is suffering adverse effects from a federal

or state detainer lodged against him in violation of federal

constitutional or other law.

(m) Custody is otherwise subject to collateral attack by reason

of the conduct of prison or parole authorities.

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A. Ground One: 

 

Supporting FACTS (tell your story briefly without citing cases or

law): 

 

A-1. Did you exhaust all administrative remedies relating to Ground

One? Yes ( ) No ( )

 

A-2. This issue was presented:

( ) To the Parole Commission

( ) To the Office of General Counsel

( ) Other 

A-3. If the answer to A-1 is "no," explain why the issue was not

raised. 

 

B. Ground Two: 

 

Supporting FACTS (tell your story briefly without citing cases or

law): 

 

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B-1. Did you exhaust all administrative remedies relating to Ground

Two? Yes ( ) No ( )

 

B-2. This issue was presented:

( ) To the Parole Commission

( ) To the Office of General Counsel

( ) Other 

B-3. If the answer to B-1 is "no," explain why the issue was not

raised. 

 

C. Ground Three: 

 

Supporting FACTS (tell your story briefly without citing cases or

law): 

 

C-1. Did you exhaust all administrative remedies relating to Ground

Three? Yes ( ) No ( )

 

C-2. This issue was presented:

( ) To the Parole Commission

( ) To the Office of General Counsel

( ) Other 

C-3. If the answer to C-1 is "no," explain why the issue was not

raised. 

 

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D. Ground Four: 

 

Supporting FACTS (tell your story briefly without citing cases or

law): 

 

D-1. Did you exhaust all administrative remedies relating to Ground

Four? Yes ( ) No ( )

 

D-2. This issue was presented:

( ) To the Parole Commission

( ) To the Office of General Counsel

( ) Other 

D-3. If the answer to D-1 is "no," explain why the issue was not

raised. 

 

8. Have you filed previous petitions for habeas corpus, motions

under Section 2255 of Title 28, United States Code, or any other

applications, petitions or motions with respect to this

conviction? Yes ( ) No ( )

9. If your answer to Question No. 10 was yes, give the following

information:

(a) Name of Court 

(b) Nature of proceeding 

(c) Grounds raised 

 

 

(d) Result 

(e) Date of result 

(f) Citation or number of any written opinions or orders entered

pursuant to each disposition 

 

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10. If you did not file a motion under Section 2255 of Title 28,

United States Code, or if you filed such a motion and it was

denied, state why your remedy by way of such motion is

inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of your

detention:

 

11. Are you presently represented by counsel? Yes ( ) No ( )

If so, name, address, and telephone number: 

 

 

Case name and court 

 

12. If you are seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis, have you

completed the declaration setting forth the required

information? Yes ( ) No ( )

WHEREFORE, petitioner prays that the court grant petitioner

relief to which he may be entitled in this proceeding.

I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury

that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on 

 (date) Signature of Petitioner

 

Signature of Attorney (if any)

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