Cyprine Yunga Mbah v. Kevin Raycraft, Field Office Acting Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations Detroit, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al.

• Court: District Court, S.D. Ohio
• Decided: March 3, 2026
• Docket: 1:25-cv-00816
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION

Cyprine Yunga Mbah, : : Petitioner, : Case No. 1:25-cv-816 : v. :

: Judge Susan J. Dlott Kevin Raycraft, Field Office Acting Director of : Enforcement and Removal Operations Detroit, United States Immigration and Customs : Enforcement, et al., : Order Denying Habeas Petition as Moot : After Removal Defendant. :

Petitioner Cyprine Yunga Mbah entered the United States in 2019 after fleeing Cameroon. (Doc. 1 at PageID 2.) He filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Habeas Petition”) challenging his detention by Immigration Customs Enforcement in the Butler County, Ohio jail pending his removal to Cameroon pursuant to a 2020 immigration order. (Id. at PageID 1, 2.) Mbah did not challenge the removal order itself. (Doc. 1.) Responded filed a Notice of Petitioner’s Removal to Cameroon on January 29, 2026 informing the Court that Mbah was removed from the United States to Cameroon on January 18, 2026. (Doc. 18.) As set forth in the Respondent’s Notice, Mbah’s removal renders moot his request for release from detention in the Habeas Petition. See Enazeh v. Davis, 107 F. App’x 489, 491 (6th Cir. 2004); Laurent v. Sessions, No. 4:18-cv-935, 2018 WL 6732872, at *2 (N.D. Ohio Sept. 11, 2018), report and recommendation adopted, 2019 WL 118603 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 7, 2019). Accordingly, Mbah’s Habeas Petition (Doc. 1) is DENIED AS MOOT. IT IS SO ORDERED.

S/Susan J. Dlott__________________ Judge Susan J. Dlott United States District Court