IN RE: Evaristo SERRANO-VARGAS (2019)

OPINION *

Petitioner Evaristo Serrano-Vargas, a citizen of Mexico, is currently a detainee with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). His petition for review of a final order of removal is pending with this Court. In May 2018, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ordered the immigration court to conduct a bond hearing to determine whether Serrano-Vargas’s detention should be continued. The Immigration Judge (IJ) determined that the Department of Homeland Security had shown by clear and convincing evidence that Serrano-Vargas poses a danger to the community and is a significant flight risk. The IJ found that Serrano-Vargas was properly detained and, therefore, declined to set bond. In October 2018, Serrano-Vargas filed a “Motion to Enforce Prior Order” in the District Court, arguing that the IJ had not conducted a legally sufficient individualized bond hearing in violation of Serrano-Vargas’s due process rights.

On June 14, 2019, Serrano-Vargas filed a petition for a writ of mandamus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1651 with this Court, alleging extraordinary delay in the adjudication of his motion to enforce. Subsequently, in a memorandum and order entered July 10, 2019, the District Court denied the motion to enforce, finding that Serrano-Vargas’s due process rights had not been violated. Accordingly, because he has obtained the relief he requested, the mandamus petition will be dismissed as moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996).

PER CURIAM