Tellez Torres et al v. Frink

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
REYCHELL LOREY TELLEZ TORRES, 	§
et al., 	§
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Petitioners, 	§
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VS. 	§ 	CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:26-CV-02389
§
MARTIN FRINK, et al., 	§
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Respondents. 	§
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
At the time the petitioner, Reychell Lorey Tellez Torres, filed this petition for a writ
ofhabeas corpus under 28 U.S .C. § 2241 , she was a detainee in the custody ofUnited States
Department 	of Homeland 	Security, Immigration and 	Customs 	Enforcement ("ICE")
officials at the Houston Contract Detention Center. 	Respondents have advised the Court
that Petitioner was removed to Ecuador on March 26, 2026. 	Doc. Nos. 8, 8-1. 	Petitioner
does not contest that she has been removed and that this case is now moot.
Because the petitioner is no longer in custody and no controversy remains, her
petition must be dismissed as moot. 	See Spencer v. Kemna, 118 S. Ct. 978, 983 (1998)
(holding that a case becomes moot if it "no longer present[ s] a case or controversy under
Article III, § 2 of the Constitution" because "[t]he parties must continue to have a 'personal
stake in the outcome' of the lawsuit' ") (quoting Lewis v. Cont '! Bank Corp., 110 S. Ct.
1249, 1254 (1990)) .
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United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
May 01, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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Therefore, the Court ORDERS as follows:
1. 	This habeas petition is DISMISSED without prejudice as MOOT.
2. This case is CLOSED.
The Clerk will enter this Order, providing a correct copy to all parties of record.
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SIGNED on this 	c_,_;:.------day of May 2026.
ANDREW S. HANEN
UNITED STATES DISTRJCT JUDGE
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