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Ovalle v. Chertoff

Western District of LouisianaRebecca F. DohertyDecided February 29, 2008No. 2:07-cv-01905

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What the decision decided

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Agency DHS Read by a model
Pursuant to the HSA, the Attorney General's authority to grant a request for permission to reapply for admission is now vested in the DHS.
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that this habeas corpus petition be DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
Currently before the court is a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of petitioner, Hector Ovalle, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that this habeas corpus petition be DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that this habeas corpus petition be DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that this habeas corpus petition be DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Section 1252(a)(2)(B) bar applied Read by a model
Habeas review does not extend to review of discretionary matters like the one at issue herein. See Li v. Agagan, 2006 WL 637903, *4 (5th Cir.2006); Landry v. Chertoff, 2007 WL 2007996, *1 (E.D.La. 2007) citing 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i) and (ii).

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:07-cv-01905
Filed
November 14, 2007
Ended
February 29, 2008
Suit's filing to its end
107 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 3 (dismissed: lack of jurisdiction)

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why.

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