Vaz v. Skinner et al

Filing 19

MEMORANDUM OPINION ADOPTING and APPROVING the 15 Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendation as the Findings and Conclusions of this Court. Signed by Judge James H Hancock on 12/3/2014. (JLC)

FILED
2014 Dec-03 AM 11:19
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
N.D. OF ALABAMA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
MIDDLE DIVISION
MARLON FRANCISCO VAZ,
Petitioner,
v.
FELICIA SKINNER, et al.,
Respondents.

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Case Number: 4:12-cv-03959-JHH-JHE

MEMORANDUM OPINION
On October 27, 2014, the magistrate judge entered a Report and Recommendation, (doc. 15),
recommending that this petition for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed without prejudice. After
seeking additional time to respond, Petitioner Marlon Francisco Vaz (“Vaz”) filed objections on
November 26, 2014. (Doc. 18).
In his objections, Vaz merely restates his claims that (1) his continued detention without
release to seek private medical treatment is a violation of the Fifth Amendment, and (2) he has been
detained for more than two years, which is longer than the presumptively reasonable six months
after the removal period began. (Doc. 18 at 1). Vaz does not present any argument or authority to
contradict the magistrate judge’s conclusions or to support his own conclusory assertion he should
be released to seek private healthcare. (Id.). Nor does Vaz address the magistrate judge’s
conclusions that he has refused to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) in
his removal and that a detainee cannot trigger a right to be free from indefinite detention where his
own refusal to cooperate with ICE officials created the indefiniteness in the first place. (Id.). The
court has considered the entire file in this action, together with the report and recommendation and

Vaz’s objections, and has reached an independent conclusion that the report and recommendation
is due to be adopted and approved.
Accordingly, the court hereby ADOPTS and APPROVES the findings and recommendation
of the magistrate judge as the findings and conclusions of this Court. The petition for writ of habeas
corpus is due to be DISMISSED. A separate Order will be entered.
DONE this the

3rd

day of December, 2014.

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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