Guzman-Farias v. U.S. Attorney General of America

Filing 13

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Chief Judge Karon O Bowdre on 12/12/2018. (JLC)

FILED
2018 Dec-12 AM 10:00
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
N.D. OF ALABAMA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
MIDDLE DIVISION
EDGAR ALBERTO GUZMANFARIAS,
Petitioner,
v.
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
AMERICA,

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Case No.: 4:18-cv-00051-KOB-HNJ

Respondent.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This case is before the court on Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss as Moot,
filed November 27, 2018. (Doc. 12). In the motion, Respondents note Petitioner
was removed from the United States to Mexico on June 26, 2018. (Doc. 12-1,
Pitman Decl.).
Article III of the Constitution limits the jurisdiction of federal courts to the
consideration of “cases or controversies.” U.S. CONST. art. III, § 2. The doctrine of
mootness is derived from this limitation because “an action that is moot cannot be
characterized as an active case or controversy.” Adler v. Duval Cnty. Sch. Bd., 112
F.3d 1475, 1477 (11th Cir. 1997). A case is moot and must be dismissed if the
court can no longer provide “meaningful relief.” Nyaga v. Ashcroft, 323 F.3d 906,
913 (11th Cir. 2003) (citations omitted).

Petitioner filed this action seeking immediate release from ICE custody.
(Doc. 1 at 26). Because Petitioner has been removed, the court can no longer
provide meaningful relief. Thus, the Court finds that the petition for writ of habeas
corpus is moot. See Nyaga v. Ashcroft, 323 F.3d 906, 913 (11th Cir. 2003).
Accordingly, Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss is due to be granted and the petition
is due to be dismissed.
The court will enter a separate Final Order.
DONE and ORDERED this 12th day of December, 2018.

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KARON OWEN BOWDRE
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE