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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
ZAIZONG XU,
Petitioner,
v.
Case No. 1:26-cv-01206-MIS-JHR
MARY DE ANDA-YBARRA, Field Office
Director of Enforcement and Removal
Operations, El Paso Field Office,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security;
TODD BLANCHE, Acting Attorney General
of the United States; and DORA CASTRO,
Otero County Processing Center,
Respondents.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This matter is before the Court on the Verified Petition for Writ of Habeas (“Petition”),
filed by Zaizong Xu on April 17, 2026. ECF No. 1. On April 20, 2026, the Court issued an Order
to Show Cause. ECF No. 3. On April 24, 2026, Respondents requested the Court “set aside the
existing order enjoining transfer and dismiss Petitioner’s petition as moot” because “[f]ollowing
the Petitioner’s grant of asylum, Respondents plan to release Petitioner from custody.” ECF No. 5
at 1. Respondents explained they “are currently unable to release Petitioner and transport him to
the halfway house [in El Paso, Texas] due to the existing order enjoining Respondents from
moving Petitioner outside of the District of New Mexico.” Id. On April 28, 2026, The Court issued
an Order setting aside its order enjoining transfer and ordered Respondents to file a notice on the
docket once Petitioner had been released with all his seized belongings. ECF No. 6 at 2. On May
1, 2026, Respondents filed a notice stating they had done so. ECF No. 7 at 1. As Petitioner is no
longer in custody, his Petition is therefore moot, and the Court will deny it accordingly.
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner Zaizong Xu’s Verified Petition for Writ of
Habeas Corpus, ECF No. 1, is DENIED as moot.
………………………………………….
MARGARET STRICKLAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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