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Parties Involved:
Jon Gurule
Respondent
Abdou-Rachidou Tchassama
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Abdou-Rachidou Tchassama,

Petitioner,

v. 

Jon Gurule,

Respondents.

No. CV-16-01205-PHX-GMS (ESW)

REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION 

TO THE HONORABLE G. MURRAY SNOW, UNITED STATES DISTRICT 

JUDGE:

Pending before the Court is Abdou-Rachidou Tchassama’s (“Petitioner”) pro se 

Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (the “Petition”) (Doc. 1). 

For the reasons explained herein, the undersigned recommends that the Petition be 

dismissed without prejudice as Petitioner’s recent deportation renders the case moot.

On March 4, 2015, Petitioner, who is a native citizen of Togo, arrived at the San 

Ysidro, California Port of Entry and applied for admission into the United States. (Doc.

11-1 at 4). The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) detained Petitioner 

on March 7, 2015. (Id. at 3). On October 20, 2015, an Immigration Judge ordered that 

Petitioner be removed from the United States to Togo. (Id. at 18). On January 16, 2016, 

ICE issued a Decision to Continue Detention informing Petitioner that he would remain

in custody pending his removal. (Id. at 25-26). Citing to Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 

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678 (2001), Petitioner challenges the legality of his extended detention pending removal. 

(Doc. 1 at 4). Petitioner requests that he be released under an order of supervision. (Id.

at 9). 

On December 13, 2016, Respondent filed a “Notice to Court and Suggestion of 

Mootness” (Doc. 14), explaining that on November 15, 2016, Petitioner was removed 

from the United States. The Warrant of Removal/Deportation attached to the Notice 

states that Petitioner was “removed via air on 11/15/16 to Togo.” (Doc. 14-1 at 3).

In light of the evidence indicating that Petitioner has been released as requested in 

the Petition (Doc. 1), the undersigned finds that there is no further relief that the Court 

can provide and the case is moot. See Abdala v. I.N.S., 488 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir.

2007) (holding that habeas petition was moot where petitioner’s deportation “cur[ed] his 

complaints about the length of his INS detention”); Kittel v. Thomas, 620 F.3d 949 (9th 

Cir. 2010) (dismissing as moot a petition seeking early release where the petitioner was 

released and where there was no live, justiciable question on which the parties disagreed). 

Therefore,

IT IS RECOMMENDED that the Petition (Doc. 1) be dismissed without 

prejudice.

This recommendation is not an order that is immediately appealable to the Ninth 

Circuit Court of Appeals. Any notice of appeal pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1) 

should not be filed until entry of the District Court’s judgment. The parties shall have 

fourteen days from the date of service of a copy of this recommendation within which to 

file specific written objections with the Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 

6, 72. Thereafter, the parties have fourteen days within which to file a response to the 

objections. Failure to file timely objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and 

Recommendation may result in the acceptance of the Report and Recommendation by the

District Court without further review. Failure to file timely objections to any factual 

determinations of the Magistrate Judge may be considered a waiver of a party’s right to 

appellate review of the findings of fact in an order or judgment entered pursuant to the 

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Magistrate Judge’s recommendation. See United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 

1121 (9th Cir. 2003); Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1146-47 (9th Cir. 2007). 

Dated this 25th day of January, 2017. 

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