Vargas-Quintana v. Garrett

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA WESTERN DIVISION

JHOANNA JANETH VARGAS- ) QUINTANA, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 7:21-cv-1237-MHH-GMB ) WARDEN GARRETT, ) ) Respondent. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In her habeas petition, Ms. Vargas-Quintana requested relief in the form of hardship credit for custody served during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Doc. 1). The respondent has notified the Court that Ms. Vargas-Quintana was released from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on July 22, 2022 and removed from the United States. (Doc. 16; Doc. 16-1; Doc. 16-2). Because Ms. Vargas-Quintana already has been released from BOP custody, the Court no longer may provide meaningful relief to her. Therefore, the Court finds her petition for writ of habeas corpus moot. See Nyaga v. Ashcroft, 323 F.3d 906, 913 (11th Cir. 2003) (holding that “a case must be dismissed as moot if the court can no longer provide ‘meaningful relief’”); see also Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 7–8 (1998) (finding that a petitioner must demonstrate collateral consequences to avoid the mootness doctrine once he has been released from custody). The Court will issue a separate opinion dismissing this matter as moot. DONE and ORDERED this August 5, 2022.

oe DELINE HUGHES HAIKALA UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE