Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-ared-4_08-cv-02121/USCOURTS-ared-4_08-cv-02121-0/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
Karl Byrd
Defendant
Jeremias Cruz
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

JEREMIAS CRUZ PETITIONER

VS. 4:08-CV-02121-WRW-BD

KARL BYRD, Sheriff, 

Faulkner County, Arkansas RESPONDENT

ORDER

On September 9, 2009, Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2241 (docket entry #1) claiming Respondent is holding him in the Faulkner

County Jail in violation of his constitutional rights. The petition has not been served on

Respondent. Petitioner has now filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss his petition (#2). In

his motion, Petitioner claims his petition is now moot because his counsel has been

provided with documentation that the United States Department of Immigration,

Customs, and Enforcement (“ICE”) has custody, and the Faulkner County Jail is holding

him pursuant to a contract it has with ICE to house people who are subject to deportation. 

Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Petitioner’s Motion to Dismiss (#2). Petitioner’s case

is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 17th day of September, 2008.

/s/ Wm. R. Wilson, Jr.___________

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 4:08-cv-02121-BRW Document 3 Filed 09/17/08 Page 1 of 1