Automated Summary
Key Facts
Petitioner Josbel Fernandez Echevarria filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on March 18, 2025 while incarcerated at the Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery, Alabama. The Federal Bureau of Prisons' Inmate Locator shows the Petitioner has since been released to a residential reentry management (RRM) facility in Miami. The court determined that because the Petitioner has been transferred to an RRM, there is no longer a case or controversy to litigate, making the petition moot.
Issues
The court dismissed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 as moot because the petitioner was transferred from Federal Prison Camp to a residential reentry management facility, leaving no case or controversy to litigate.
Holdings
The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 is dismissed without prejudice as moot because the petitioner has been transferred to a residential reentry management facility, eliminating the case or controversy.
Remedies
The court dismissed the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 without prejudice as moot, finding no case or controversy to litigate because the petitioner was transferred to a residential reentry management facility.
Legal Principles
The court applied the doctrine of mootness to dismiss the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 because the petitioner was transferred to a residential reentry management (RRM) facility after filing, meaning there is no longer a case or controversy to litigate. The court also took judicial notice of the BOP's Inmate Locator website to verify the petitioner's current location, citing Federal Rule of Evidence 201(c) and relevant case law.
Precedent Name
- Adams v. Washington
- United States v. Basher
- Naveleski v. Int'l Paper Co.
- Demis v. Sniezek
- Marshek v. Eichenlaub
Cited Statute
Habeas Corpus statute
Judge Name
Judge W. Keith Watkins
Passage Text
- Because Petitioner has beentransferred to an RRM, there is no longer a case or controversy to litigate, and this court is unable to provide any meaningful relief to Petitioner.
- Based on the foregoing, it is ORDERED that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 is DISMISSED without prejudice as moot.