FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION APR 11 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FRANCISCO PONCE DE LEON, No. 09-56345
Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 3:08-cv-02406-H-RBB
v.
MEMORANDUM *
JANET NAPOLITANO, Secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security; et al.,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
Marilyn L. Huff, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted December 6, 2010
Pasadena, California
Before: PREGERSON, CLIFTON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Petitioner-Appellant, Francisco Ponce de Leon appeals the district court’s
order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition as moot. We affirm.
“For a habeas petition to continue to present a live controversy after the
petitioner’s release ... there must be some remaining collateral consequence that
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
may be redressed by success on the petition.” Abdala v. I.N.S., 488 F.3d 1061,
1064 (9th Cir. 2007) (internal quotation marks omitted). Ponce de Leon was
released from custody on January 6, 2009, and removal proceedings against him
were terminated the next day. On February 11, 2010, Ponce de Leon was issued a
certificate of citizenship. Because there is no reason to expect that immigration
authorities will disregard his citizenship certificate and detain him again, no
collateral consequence of his previous detention remains, and there is therefore no
relief left to grant on his petition.
AFFIRMED.