Pursuant to 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5, the court has determined that thi s opinion should not * be publishe d an d is not precedent except under the limited circu mstance s set forth in 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 .4. 

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2 Sept em ber10, 2008, Fi guer oa f i l ed a Sec t i on 2241 pet i t i on c ont endi ng s he has
a com pat ibl e donorreadyan d w i l l i ng t o under go t he t r anspl ant , butt he B ure au o f P r is o n s (B O P ) d o e s n o t a llo w s u c h p r o c e d u r e s fo rin m a te s . B ef ore f i l i n g a S ect i on 224 1 peti t i on , F i gu eroa w as requir ed to exh au sther
a d m in is tr a tiv e re m e d ie s . R ou rke v. T h ompson , 1 1 F .3d 4 7 , 4 9 (5t h C ir. 1 9 9 3 ). Th e BO P h as a f

orm algr i evanc e pr oc edur e f orf ede r ali nm at es , l i ke Fi guer oa, t o s e e k “f

o r ma lr e v i e w o f

a n i s s u e r e l a t i ngt o an ya s p e c to f h i s /h e ro wn c o n fi n em en t. ” 2 8 C

. F

. R

. § 54 2
. 1 0 (a). B oth i n h er p eti ti on an dh ere on ap p e a l, F ig u e r o a cla im e dth e s h o r t n o t i c e re g a r d in gh e rm e d ic a l co n d itio n m a d e it “i m p oss ib l e to u ti l i ze the F ed era lB u rea u of P ri son ’ s griev a n ce p roce d u re.” Fi gue r o a’ s a r gum e ntt hats he sh ou l d notb e r e quir e d t o pur s ue ad m i ni s t r at ive r e m e di e s a s s um e s t hatt he re m e di e s w o ul d ha ve b e e n f ut i l e a nd th e d e la y fa ta l. T h e r e is n o th in g in th e re c o r ds u g g e s tin gth a t t h e B O P w o u ld
n otha ve properl y evaluated h e r re qu estan d given du e consi derati on t o a pr o pe r l y s upp o r t e d p l e a. The di s t r i c t c o ur t di d no t e r rb y r e quir i ng e xha us t i o n. Addi t i o nall y, t he di s t r i c tco ur tfo und i tc o ul d no tg r anthe rr e l i e f pur s uant t o Secti on 224 1 b e ca u se h er app l i cat i on w as “ n oti n ref erence t o t h e i m posed
se nt e nc e - b ut f

o r m e d i c a l ne e d s . ” W e a g r e e . A Se c t i o n 2 2 4 1 p e t i t i o n m a y be gran t ed i f th e in m a t e “i s i n cust odyi n vi ol ati on of t h e C on st i t u t i on or l aw s or t r eat i es of

t he U ni t ed St at es . ” 28 U

. S. C

. § 2241(c ) ( 3)

. Fi guer oa doe s notal l ege t h at s u ch vi o la tion is p resent. Sh e i n st ead al l eges t h at t h i s app l i cat i on i s f or com pa ssi on ate rel ease du e t o h er m edi cal n eeds. A com pa ssi on ate rel ease
r e q u e s t is n o t a m a tt e ro f ille g a l o ru n c o n s tit u tio n a l re s tr a in t. W e A F F IR M th e d is tr ic t c o u r t’s d e n ia l o f F ig u e r o a ’ s a p p lic a tio n .