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Singh v. Holder

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Sep 22, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:11-CV-1526 (M.D. Pa. Sep. 22, 2011)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:11-CV-1526.

September 22, 2011


ORDER


AND NOW, this 22nd day of September, 2011, upon consideration of the petition for writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 1) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, in which petitioner seeks to be released from the custody of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") pending his removal from the United States, and it appearing from respondents' response (Doc. 8) that petitioner was released from ICE custody on September 16, 2011 (Doc. 8, at 3), on an order of supervision (Doc. 8-1, at 11-12), thereby rendering the petition moot, see Khodara Envtl., Inc. ex rel. Eagle Envtl., L.P. v. Beckman, 237 F.3d 186, 192-93 (3d Cir. 2001) ("Article III of the Constitution grants the federal courts the power to adjudicate only actual, ongoing cases or controversies."); Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996) ("If developments occur during the course of adjudication that eliminate a plaintiff's personal stake in the merit of a suit or prevent a court from being able to grant the requested relief, the case must be dismissed as moot."), it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. The petition for writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 1) is DISMISSED as moot.
2. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case.


Summaries of

Singh v. Holder

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Sep 22, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:11-CV-1526 (M.D. Pa. Sep. 22, 2011)
Case details for

Singh v. Holder

Case Details

Full title:MALKEET SINGH, Petitioner v. ERIC HOLDER, et al., Respondent

Court:United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Sep 22, 2011

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:11-CV-1526 (M.D. Pa. Sep. 22, 2011)