VIJAYAKUMAR THURAISSIGIAM V. USDHS, No. 18-55313 (9th Cir. 2020)

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FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT VIJAYAKUMAR THURAISSIGIAM, Petitioner-Appellant, No. 18-55313 D.C. No. v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION; U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES; U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT; CHAD F. WOLF, Acting Secretary of DHS; WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General; MARK A. MORGAN, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner of CBP; THOMAS HOMAN; KENNETH T. CUCCINELLI, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; PETE FLORES, San Diego Field Director, CBP; GREGORY ARCHAMBEAULT, San Diego Field Office Director, ICE; FRED FIGUEROA, Warden, Otay Mesa Detention Center, Respondents-Appellees. 3:18 cv-0135 AJB ORDER 2 THURAISSIGIAM V. USDHS On Remand from the Supreme Court of the United States Filed August 12, 2020 Before: A. Wallace Tashima, M. Margaret McKeown, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges. Order ORDER In accordance with the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States, “remand[ing] the case with directions that the application for habeas corpus be dismissed,” United States v. Thuraissigiam, 140 S. Ct. 1959, 1983 (2020), the judgment of the district court, which dismissed with prejudice the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Thuraissigiam v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 287 F. Supp. 3d 1077, 1083 (S.D. Cal. 2018), is AFFIRMED.

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