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A l i A gl l ah A lbw ul ( “ A lbw ul ” ) , ana t i ve and c i t i z e n of J or dan, appe a l s the d i stri ctco u rt ’ s d en i al o f h i s m o t i o n t o v acat e, setasi d e, o r co rrecta sen t en ce b y a pers on i n federa l cust od y pursuantt o 2 8 U . S . C . § 2 25 5. B ec ause A lbw ul w as r e m o v e df

r o m th e U n ite dS ta te s to J o r d an o n M ay1 3 , 2 0 1 0 , h e is n o lo n g e r“in f e d e r a l c u s to d y ” an dh is § 2 2 5 5 m o tio n is m o o t. “I m m ig r an ts w h o h a v e a lr e a d yb e e n r e m o v e d. . . d o n o t s a tis f yth e ‘in cust od y’ re qu i re m entof habeas corpus j uri sdi ct i on . ” Mi randa v . R e no , 238 F . 3d 1156, 1159 ( 9th C i r . 2001) . B uti f an a l i e n f

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r o m th e U n ite dS tate s , h is s ub s e qu e n t r e m o v a l d o e s n o t m o o t th e c a s e if th e r e ar e “c o lla te r a l c o n s e qu e n c e s ar is in g f r o m th e d e p o rta tio n th a t c r e a te c o n c r e te l egaldi sa dv ant ages . ” Zeg a rra - G o m ezv . I NS , 3 1 4 F .3 d1 1 2 4 , 1 1 2 5 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 3 ) . S t i l l , “ w h ere th e g ro u n d s fo r h ab eas rel i ef w i l l n o tred ress co l l at eral co n seq u en ces, a habeas pet i t i on do es no tcont i nu e t o p re se nta l i ve controvers y once the pet i t i on er i s r el ea se d from cust od y. ” Ab da la v . I NS , 48 8 F . 3d 10 61 , 10 64 (9th C i r. 20 07 ). T h o u g h A lb w u l f

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