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holding that the petition was rendered moot as the court was "incapable of granting a judgment that w[ould] affect the legal rights as between the parties," primarily "because [petitioner w]as . . . deported, the only relief available to him in this habeas proceeding - namely, release from continued detention in administrative custody - ha[d] been granted."
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09-CV-6130 (CJS) (VEB).
May 14, 2010
Alberto Arthur, Syracuse, N, pro se.
Gail Y. Mitchell, U.S. Attorney's Office, Buffalo, NY, Respondent.
DECISION and ORDER ADOPTING REPORT and RECOMMENDATION
The Honorable Victor E. Bianchini, United States Magistrate Judge, having issued a Report and Recommendation (Docket No. [#19]) on April 15, 2010, recommending that this action be dismissed as moot, and no objection having been filed within the time specified for doing so, it is hereby
ORDERED, that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), the Court accepts and adopts the Report and Recommendation (Docket No. [#19]) in its entirety, and, for the reasons stated in the Report and Recommendation, this action is dismissed.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, the Court declines to issue a certificate of appealability, since Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.
Petitioner must file any notice of appeal with the Clerk's Office, United States District Court, Western District of New York, within thirty (30) days of the date of judgment in this action. The Court hereby certifies, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), that any appeal from this Order would not be taken in good faith and leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals as a poor person is denied. Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438 (1962). Further requests to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis should be directed on motion to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in accordance with Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 10, 2010
Rochester, New York