Opinion ID: 769467
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Form of Review

Text: 43 Section 2242(b) of the FARR Act does not provide a new grant of jurisdiction to the federal courts for claims arising under Article 3 of the Torture Convention. The subsection states: 44 [N]othing in this section shall be construed as pro viding any court jurisdiction to consider or review claims raised under the Convention or this section, or any other determination made with respect to the application of the policy set forth in subsection (a), except as part of the review of a final order of removal pursuant to section 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252). 45 FARR Act, S 2242(b). This provision prohibits courts from reading an implied cause of action into the statute. 11 Of course, we can look to existing jurisdictional statutes to entertain a petition for review under the APA. 46 The APA is not an independent grant of jurisdiction. See Califano v. Sanders, 430 U.S. 99, 105 (1977). APA claims that do not arise under specially-constructed statutory review provisions must be brought pursuant to other federal statutes granting subject-matter jurisdiction. APA claims are therefore brought in many forms, including declaratory judgment actions, mandamus petitions, and habeas corpus petitions. See 5 U.S.C. S 703 (2000). The APA provides that: 47 The form of proceeding for judicial review is the special statutory review proceeding relevant to the subject matter in a court specified by statute or, in the absence or inadequacy thereof, any applicable form of legal action, including actions for declara tory judgments or writs of prohibitory or mandatory injunction or habeas corpus, in a court of competent jurisdiction. 48 5 U.S.C. S 703 (2000). Since there is no statutory review provision applicable to FARR claims, and since potential extraditees meet the other requirements for habeas standing under 28 U.S.C. S 2241 (2000), a habeas petition 12 is the mostappropriate form of action for fugitives seeking review of the Secretary's extradition decisions. 13