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Parties Involved:
Thompson Ndubisi Elkana-Enyobi
Petitioner
Scott Hassell
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

MIDDLE DIVISION

THOMPSON NDUBISI ELKANAENYOBI,

Petitioner,

v.

SCOTT HASSELL,

Respondent.

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Case No.: 4:15-cv-00394-AKK-SGC

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This is an action on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2241 by Thompson Ndubisi Elkana-Enyobi. (Doc. 1). The petitioner 

challenges his continued detention pending removal pursuant to the Immigration and 

Nationality Act. See generally, Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001). On April 

29, 2015, the respondent filed a motion to dismiss this action as moot on the grounds 

the petitioner has been removed from the United States. (Doc. 8). The respondent’s 

motion is supported by an attached declaration of the Supervisory Detention and 

Deportation Officer of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in 

Gadsden, Alabama stating the petitioner was deported to Nigeria on April 28, 2015. 

(Doc. 8-1). 

Because the petitioner has been removed, the court can no longer provide 

meaningful relief, and the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is moot. See Nyaga v. 

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Ashcroft, 323 F.3d 906, 913 (11th Cir. 2003) (“[A] case must be dismissed as moot if 

the court can no longer provide ‘meaningful relief.’”); see also Spencer v. Kemna, 523 

U.S. 1, 8 (1998) (once habeas petitioner is released from custody, he must 

demonstrate collateral consequences to avoid mootness doctrine). Accordingly, the 

respondent’s motion to dismiss (Doc. 8) is due to be GRANTED, and this action is 

due to be DISMISSED. A separate order will be entered.

DONE the 13th day of May, 2015.

 

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ABDUL K. KALLON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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