United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 09-3972
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Raphael Mendez, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* District of Minnesota.
Bureau of Prisons; M. Haugen; *
M. Stalker; FMC Rochester, * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellees. *
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Submitted: August 19, 2010
Filed: August 24, 2010
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Before WOLLMAN, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Raphael Mendez, an involuntarily committed federal detainee who is confined
at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota, appeals the district court’s1
denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and its denial of
his judicial-disqualification motion. Upon careful review, we conclude that the
district court properly denied Mendez’s motion to disqualify, see Am. Prairie Constr.
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The Honorable James M. Rosenbaum, United States District Judge for the
District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable
Raymond L. Erickson, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.
Co. v. Hoich, 560 F.3d 780, 789 (8th Cir. 2009) (standard of review); and, for the
reasons relied upon by the district court, we conclude that Mendez is not entitled to
habeas relief, see Mitchell v. U.S. Parole Comm’n, 538 F.3d 948, 951 (8th Cir. 2008)
(per curiam) (standard of review). The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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