Opinion
Civ. 21-676 (PAM/HB)
01-12-2022
Wendkouni Wilfried Arnold Zongo, Petitioner, v. Alejandro Mayorkas, Tae D. Johnson, Marcos Charles, Joel Brott, and Merrick B. Garland, Respondents.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Paul A. Magnuson United States District Court Judge
This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of United States Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer dated December 16, 2021. (Docket No. 44.) The R&R recommends that Petitioner Wendkouni Wifried Arnold Zongo's Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus be dismissed as moot because Zongo has been released from detention. No. party objected to the R&R, and the time to do so has passed. D. Minn. L.R. 72.2(b)(1).
This Court must review de novo any portion of an R&R to which specific objections are made, but in the absence of objections, the Court reviews the R&R only for clear error. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); D. Minn. L.R. 72.2(b); see also Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir. 1996) (noting that district court need only review un-objected-to R&R for clear error). The Court has reviewed the R&R and finds no error, clear or otherwise, in the Magistrate Judge's reasoning. 1
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The R&R (Docket No. 44) is ADOPTED;
2. The Petition (Docket No. 1) is DISMISSED without prejudice as moot;
3. Petitioner's request for leave to file an amended petition (Docket No. 39) is DENIED; and
4. Petitioner's Motions to Expedite Consideration (Docket Nos. 28, 30) are DENIED as moot.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY. 2