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Case 2:05-cv-02006-MJP-JPD Document 3 Filed 12/02/2005 Page 1 of 2

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
8 AT SEATTLE

9 SULAIMAN TUNKARA, )
) CASE NO. C05-2006MJP
10 Petitioner, )
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) ORDER GRANTING
12 BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS )
ENFORCEMENT, and ALBERTO GONZALES, ) TEMPORARY STAY
13 ) OF REMOVAL
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14 Respondents. )
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Petitioner has filed, through counsel, a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28
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U.S.C. § 2241, and a motion for immediate stay of removal. (Dkt. #1). Within the petition for
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writ of habeas corpus, Petitioner also requests an immediate stay of removal pending resolution
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of the writ of habeas corpus. Having reviewed the motion, and the balance of the record, the
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Court does hereby ORDER:
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(1) Petitioner’s removal is temporarily STAYED pending briefing and a resolution of
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petitioner’s request for immediate stay of removal and petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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The Court expresses no views at this time as to the merits of either Petitioner’s motion or
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his underlying habeas petition.
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(2) Respondents shall file a response to petitioner’s motion for immediate stay of
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1 removal within 10 days of the entry of this Order.

2 (3) The Clerk shall direct a copy of this Order to counsel for Petitioner, and to the

3 United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington.

5 DATED this 2nd day of December, 2005.

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__/s Ricardo S. Martinez__
7 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ for
MARSHA J. PECHMAN
8 United States District Judge

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