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Parties Involved:
Phillip Crawford
Respondent
Hang Nam Yoon
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Hang Nam Yoon,

Petitioner,

v.

Phillip Crawford, et. al.,

Respondents. _________________________________

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No. CV-06-3068-PHX-SMM

ORDER

Pending before the Court is Petitioner’s Post-Judgement Motion for Reconsideration

(Doc. 21) requesting relief pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 59 (e) and 60 (b). Petitioner contends,

and the Court agrees, that the Court must reconsider its decision regarding the allocation of the

burden to establish the “flight risk” and “danger to the community” determination. Relying on

8 C.F.R.236.1(c)(3), the Court concluded that during the course of bond proceedings involving

an alien's release from custody, it is the alien, not the government, that bears the burden of proof

regarding the alien's potential risk of flight or danger to the community. However, § 236.1(c)(3)

is not applicable to the Petitioner as it applies to aliens subject to the Transition Period Custody

Rules (“TPCR”) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996

(“IIRIRA”). The TPCR's were in effect from October 9, 1996 through October 9, 1998.

Alwaday v. Beebe, 43 F.Supp.2d 1130, 1133 n. 3 (D.Or.1999). Significantly, Petitioner’s

removal proceedings in the matter before the Court did not commence until December 24, 2003,

subsequent to the expiration of the TPCR’s. 

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Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED GRANTING in part Petitioner’s Motion for

Reconsideration (Doc. 21).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED VACATING in part this Court’s previous Order only

insofar as it found that Petitioner bears the burden of establishing that he is not a flight risk

and will not pose a danger to the community upon determination of custody.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the government bears the burden of establishing

that Petitioner is not a flight risk and will not pose a danger to the community upon

determination of custody.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall GRANT Petitioner a bond hearing

before an Immigration Judge no later than Friday, March 7, 2008.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Respondents fail to provide a hearing to Petitioner

within the time provided, Respondents must release Petitioner from custody under an Order of

Supervision.

DATED this 15th day of January, 2008.

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