Valinken

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MOSKOVYAN AVETIK Case No. 1:19-cv-01701-JDP

ARUTYUNOVICH,

ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S Petitioner, MOTION TO DISMISS PETITION AS MOOT AND DENYING CERTIFICATE OF v. APPEALABILITY 14 RICHARD VALINKEN, et al., ECF No. 10 15 Respondents.

17 18 Petitioner Moskovyan Avetik Arutyunovich, a former federal immigration detainee without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. ECF No. 1. All parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned magistrate judge. On May 31, 2019, an immigration judge ordered petitioner removed from the United States. See ECF No. 1 at 4. However, petitioner remained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) detention pending his removal for nearly eight months. Id. at 7. On December 5, 2019, petitioner filed the instant petition, in which he sought his release from ICE detention while he awaited his final removal to Armenia.…