(HC) Nguyen v. Field Office Director, San Francisco Field Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

BACKGROUND

20 On May 30, 2024, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) arrested 21 Petitioner and placed him into mandatory custody pending his removal proceedings. (ECF No. 22 10 at 2; ECF No. 10-1 at 2, 101, 103.1) On June 11, 2024, Petitioner conceded the charges of 23 removability and did not contest his removal by applying for relief. The immigration judge 24 ordered Petitioner be removed to Vietnam. (ECF No. 10-1 at 108.) 25 On December 23, 2024, Petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, challenging 26 his prolonged detention. (ECF No. 1.) On March 10, 2025, Respondent filed a motion to dismiss, 27 1 arguing Petitioner’s detention does not violate Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001), or due 2 process. (ECF No. 10.) Respondent then filed a supplement, informing the Court that Petitioner 3 was removed from the United States on March 19, 2025. (ECF No. 11; ECF No. 14 at 2.) 4 II. 5 DISCUSSION 6 The jurisdiction of federal courts is limited to “actual, ongoing cases or controversies.” 7 Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp., 494 U.S. 472, 477 (1990). “This case-or-controversy 8 requirement…