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Parties Involved:
Dave Berkebile
Appellee
Lal Bhatia
Appellant
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Appellee
Jeh Charles Johnson, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Appellee
David Rivera
Appellee
Sarah R. Saldana
Appellee
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-60076

Summary Calendar

LAL BHATIA,

Petitioner-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS 

ENFORCEMENT, an entity; JEH CHARLES JOHNSON, SECRETARY, 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; SARAH R. SALDANA, 

Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; DAVID RIVERA, Field 

Office Director for the New Orleans Field Office of Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement; DAVE BERKEBILE, Warden for Adams County Correctional 

Center,

Respondents-Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Mississippi

USDC No. 5:15-CV-100

Before KING, DENNIS, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Lal Bhatia, formerly federal prisoner # 97562-011, appeals the denial of 

his motion for a preliminary injunction in a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 proceeding. He 

also moves for expedited consideration.

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

November 29, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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During the pendency of this appeal, Bhatia was released from prison and 

placed in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. Accordingly, his 

appeal is moot, and we lack jurisdiction over it. See Bailey v. Southerland, 821 

F.2d 277, 278 (5th Cir. 1987). 

APPEAL DISMISSED; MOTION DENIED.

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