Ahmad v. Whitaker

Full title: MIR LATIF AHMAD, Petitioner, v. MATTHEW WHITAKER, et al., Respondents.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE

Date published: Jan 3, 2019

Case No. C18-287-JLR (W.D. Wash. Jan. 3, 2019)

Opinion

Case No. C18-287-JLR

01-03-2019

MIR LATIF AHMAD, Petitioner, v. MATTHEW WHITAKER, et al., Respondents.

JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

Having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of the Honorable Brian A. Tsuchida, United States Magistrate Judge, and the balance of the record, and Court finds and ORDERS:

1. The Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED.

2. The Government's motion to dismiss, Dkt. 8, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.

3. Petitioner's habeas petition is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.

4. Petitioner is not entitled to an order of release, but the Government shall provide him with a bond hearing before an immigration judge within seven days of the date of this order, unless he is no longer in custody at that time.

5. The Clerk shall send a copy of this Order to the parties and to Judge Tsuchida.

DATED this 3^RD day of January, 2019.

/s/_________

JAMES L. ROBART

United States District Judge