Coronel v. US Attorney General of America

Filing 14

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala on 6/25/2018. (KEK)

FILED
2018 Jun-25 PM 02:02
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
N.D. OF ALABAMA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
MIDDLE DIVISION
JUAN CORONEL,
Petitioner,
v.
US ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
AMERICA,

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Case No.: 4:17-cv-2187-MHH-TMP

Respondent.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This action is before the court on the respondent’s June 15, 2018 motion to
dismiss. (Doc. 13). On December 28, 2017, Mr. Coronel filed a petition for writ
of habeas corpus seeking his release from custody pending his removal to Mexico.
(Doc. 1). In his motion to dismiss, the respondent contends that the Court should
dismiss Mr. Coronel’s § 2241 habeas petition because United States Immigration
and Customs Enforcement released Mr. Coronel from custody on May 29, 2018.
(Doc. 13-1, Brooks Decl.).
Because Mr. Coronel has been released on an order of supervision, his
petition seeking that very relief is moot. See Nyaga v. Ashcroft, 323 F.3d 906, 913
(11th Cir. 2003) (“[A] case must be dismissed as moot if the court can no longer
provide ‘meaningful relief.’”); see also Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 8 (1998)
(once a habeas petitioner is released from custody, he must demonstrate collateral

consequences to avoid mootness doctrine). Accordingly, by separate order, the
Court will dismiss this matter. Khader v. Holder, 843 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (N.D. Ala.
2011).
DONE this 25th day of June, 2018.

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MADELINE HUGHES HAIKALA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE