Oganes Doganyan v. Cammilla Wamsley, et al.

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: October 9, 2025
• Docket: 2:25-cv-01480
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT SEATTLE

8 OGANES DOGANYAN,

9 Petitioner, Case No. C25-1480-TMC-MLP

10 v. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 11 CAMMILLA WAMSLEY, et al.,

12 Respondents.

14 On August 6, 2025, Petitioner Oganes Doganyan, proceeding through counsel, filed a 15 habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Dkt. # 1.) Petitioner was at that time in the 16 custody of U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (“ICE”) and was being detained at the 17 Northwest ICE Processing Center (“NWIPC”) in Tacoma, Washington. (See id.) Petitioner 18 alleged in his petition that his continued detention was in violation of the Due Process Clause of 19 the Fifth Amendment and the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) because NWIPC was not 20 capable of treating, and was refusing to treat, his rare medical problem which was placing his life 21 at risk. (See id. at 2-3, ¶¶ 2, 5.) Petitioner requested as relief that he be released from detention 22 and permitted to live and receive medical attention at home. (Id. at 16, ¶ 1.) 23

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 1 Respondents have filed a return and motion to dismiss which is currently ripe for review. 2 (Dkt. # 24.) Respondents argue therein that Petitioner’s petition is moot because he is no longer 3 in ICE custody at the NWIPC. (Id.) Respondents note that Petitioner was taken into custody by

4 the U.S. Marshals on August 13, 2025, in relation to a criminal indictment in the U.S. District 5 Court for the Central District of California and is therefore no longer receiving medical care at 6 NWIPC.1 (See id. at 3; see also dkt. # 18.) Petitioner did not file a response. 7 Under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, federal courts may adjudicate only actual, 8 ongoing cases or controversies. Deakins v. Monaghan, 484 U.S. 193, 199 (1988). “For a habeas 9 petition to continue to present a live controversy after the petitioner’s release or deportation . . . 10 there must be some remaining ‘collateral consequence’ that may be redressed by success on the 11 petition.” Abdala v. I.N.S., 488 F.3d 1061, 1064 (9th Cir. 2007). The record makes clear that the 12 only relief Petitioner sought by way of this federal habeas action was release from custody on the 13 grounds that ICE and its agents at the NWIPC were “unable to manage [his] life threatening

14 medical condition in a reasonable manner[.]” (See dkt. # 1 at 5, ¶ 9.) As Petitioner has now been 15 released from ICE custody, and as it appears from the record that there is no collateral 16 consequence that may be redressed by this Court in the instant habeas action, Petitioner’s federal 17 habeas petition is moot. See Abdala, 488 F.3d at 1065. 18 Based on the foregoing, this Court recommends that Respondents’ motion to dismiss 19 (dkt. # 24) be granted, and that Petitioner’s federal habeas petition (dkt. # 1) and this action be 20 dismissed with prejudice. A proposed order accompanies this Report and Recommendation. 21 22 1 A review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons website shows that Petitioner is currently confined at the 23 Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, California. See https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ (last accessed Oct. 9, 2025).

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 1 Objections to this Report and Recommendation, if any, should be filed with the Clerk and 2 served upon all parties to this suit not later than fourteen (14) days from the date on which this 3 Report and Recommendation is signed. Failure to file objections within the specified time may

4 affect your right to appeal. Objections should be noted for consideration on the District Judge’s 5 motions calendar fourteen (14) days from the date they are filed. Responses to objections may 6 be filed by the day before the noting date. If no timely objections are filed, the matter will be 7 ready for consideration by the District Judge on October 30, 2025. 8 DATED this 9th day of October, 2025.

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MICHELLE L. PETERSON 11 United States Magistrate Judge

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