LOUISE W. FLANAGAN, District Judge.
The matter is before the court on petitioner's response to the court's October 8, 2014, show cause order. The matter also is before the court on respondent's motion for summary judgment
On June 22, 1984, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia sentenced petitioner to a one year term of imprisonment for carrying a pistol without a license and a six year term of imprisonment for possession with the intent to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). (Resp't's Mem. (DE 25) Ex. A.) The two terms of imprisonment ran concurrently to each other, but consecutively to any other sentence. (
The United States Parole Commission
On February 4, 1992, the Commission issued a parole violator warrant charging petitioner with law violations in connection with an arrest in the state of Virginia, as well as administrative violations. (
Prior to the expiration of petitioner's special term of parole, petitioner was arrested and convicted of possession of cocaine in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on July 10, 2012. (
On July 26, 2013, the Commission advised petitioner that it would be conducting a dispositional review of its detainer. (
Prior to the Commission's July, 26, 2013, hearing, petitioner filed this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, on December 10, 2012, alleging that his rights pursuant to the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution were violated because he did not receive a timely review of his parole violation warrant, which was lodged as a detainer. As relief, petitioner requested that the parole violation warrant be disposed of through the Commission's expedited review process.
On August 7, 2013, respondent filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) arguing that petitioner failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Petitioner subsequently filed an unopposed motion to amend his petition to recharacterize his § 2241 petition as a "writ of mandamus, motion to compel the USPC to do their duty." (DE 16.) On January 8, 2014, the court entered an order granting petitioner's motion to amend, and permitting petitioner fourteen (14) days to file his amended petition. Because the court granted petitioner's motion to amend, the court denied as moot respondent's pending motion to dismiss.
On February 20, 2014, petitioner filed his amended petition. In his amended pleading petitioner stated that respondent violated his rights pursuant to the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution because the Commission did not conduct a timely parole revocation hearing. Specifically, petitioner stated that he "is not requesting a prompt review of his detainer but, a timely revocation[] hearing/dispositional hearing on the warrant detainer that has been lodged against [him]." (DE 23 p. 4.)
On March 6, 2014, respondent filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that petitioner has no due process right to a parole revocation hearing before the Commission's warrant is executed. Petitioner filed a response, and raised a new claim related to the computation of his sentence. Specifically, petitioner alleged that his parole term expired, and that he has no time remaining on his parole term. Respondent filed a reply, and argued that petitioner failed to exhaust his administrative remedies for his new claim.
On September 19, 2014, petitioner was released from his federal term of imprisonment. (
On October 20, 2014, petitioner responded to the court's October 8, 2014, show cause order. Respondent thereafter responded to petitioner's October 20, 2014, pleading. On December 10, 2014, the court entered an order directing respondent to expand the record to provide supplementary evidence indicating whether respondent conducted a record review of petitioner's detainer pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 2.100(c). The court additionally provided petitioner the opportunity to respond.
Respondent subsequently filed an addendum to his memorandum in support of his motion to dismiss indicating that petitioner accepted an expedited parole revocation proposal on November 3, 2014. (DE 47, Ex. Q.) On November 5, 2014, the Commission issued a notice of action and found that petitioner violated "Charge No. 2-Law Violation. Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine (Conviction)," and elected not to pursue two other law violations. (
On October 8, 2014, the court issued an order directing petitioner to show cause as to why his § 2241 petition was not moot due to petitioner's release from federal incarceration. In response, petitioner indicated that he still was incarcerated and subject to parole revocation. Thus, the court finds petitioner sufficiently demonstrated cause as to why petitioner's release from his federal term of imprisonment did not moot the instant action.
Summary judgment is appropriate when there exists no genuine issue of material fact, and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a);
Respondent submitted an addendum stating that petitioner accepted an expedited revocation proposal on November 3, 2014. (
Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution provides that federal courts may only adjudicate live cases or controversies.
Respondent contends that petitioner's claim regarding the calculation of his sentence should be dismissed because petitioner failed to exhaust his administrative remedies for this claim. Although 28 U.S.C. § 2241 does not contain a statutory exhaustion requirement, courts consistently require federal prisoners challenging the execution of his/her sentences to exhaust administrative remedies before seeking review in federal court pursuant to § 2241.
The BOP provides a four-step administrative remedy procedure. The first step in the process requires an inmate to present his issue to staff in an attempt at informal resolution.
In this case, the record reflects that petitioner has not filed any administrative remedy requests with regard to his sentence computation. (Coll Decl.
For the foregoing reasons, petitioner has sufficiently shown cause as to why this action should not be dismissed as moot pursuant to the court's October 8, 2014, order. However, the court GRANTS respondents' motion for summary judgment (DE 24). Petitioner's claims regarding his parole revocation and/or dispositional hearing are DISMISSED as MOOT. Petitioner's claim regarding his sentence calculation is DISMISSED without prejudice to permit petitioner the opportunity to exhaust his administrative remedies. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to close this case.
SO ORDERED.