Bolduc v. Arviza

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
JASON DONALD BOLDUC,
Petitioner,
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WARDEN ARVIZA,
Respondent.
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Civil No. 1:25-CV-00594
Judge Jennifer P. Wilson
MEMORANDUM
Presently before the court is Petitioner Jason Donald Bolduc’s petition for
writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. 1.) Petitioner
seeks to have his earned time credits applied towards his sentence under the First
Step Act (“FSA”) and Second Chance Act (“SCA”) so he can eventually be placed
in a residential re-entry center (“RRC”). (Doc. 1). It appears that Petitioner has
already been placed in an RRC. Therefore, the court will dismiss the petition as
moot.
BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL H ISTORY
Petitioner initiated this action by filing the instant petition on March 24,
2025. (Doc. 1.) The court received and docketed the petition on April 2, 2025.
(Id.) Petitioner was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution Allenwood
(“FCI-Allenwood”) at the time he filed his petition. (Doc. 1.) In the petition, he
seeks to compel the facility to properly apply his correctly calculated earned time
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credits under the FSA and SCA and immediately release him to an RRC or in
home confinement. (Id.) Following payment of the filing fee in full on April 22,
2025, the court entered an order requiring Respondent to respond to the petition.
(Doc. 5; Doc. 7). Respondent filed a response on June 26, 2025. (Doc. 11.) The
court received and docketed Petitioner’s traverse on July 23, 2025. (Doc. 12.)
In light of Petitioner’s request to be released to an RRC, the court sua sponte
accessed the Bureau of Prisons’ inmate locator, available at
https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/, to determine whether Petitioner’s current
location. According to the inmate locator, however, Petitioner is currently listed as
in the custody of the Residential Reentry Management felid office in New York
with a release date of October 19, 2026. Therefore, Petitioner is currently housed
in an RRC.
VENUE
A § 2241petition must be filed in the district where the petitioner is in
custody. See Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky, 410 U.S. 484,
494–95 (1973) (“The writ of habeas corpus does not act upon the person who seeks
relief, but upon the person who holds him in what is alleged to be unlawful
custody.”) While Petitioner is currently being held at an RRC in New York, at the
time the petition was filed, Petitioner was housed at FCI-Allenwood in Union
County, Pennsylvania, which is located in this district. See 28 U.S.C. § 118(b).
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The relevant consideration is the district of confinement at the time the petition
was filed. See Barden v. Keohane, 921 F.2d 476, 477 n.1 (3d Cir. 1990).
Therefore, this court is the proper venue for the action.
DISCUSSION
In light of Petitioner’s transfer to an RRC, this matter is now moot and must
be dismissed. According to the mootness doctrine, “[i]f developments occur
during the course of adjudication that eliminate a plaintiff's personal stake in the
outcome of a suit or prevent a court from being able to grant the requested relief,
the case must be dismissed as moot.” Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77
F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996).
Here, Petitioner sought to be transferred to an RRC. Petitioner has been
since transferred to an RRC. Thus, this ground for relief is now moot.
CONCLUSION
For the above stated reasons, the Section 2241 petition will be dismissed as
moot. The Clerk of Court will be directed to close the case.
An appropriate order follows.
s/Jennifer P. Wilson
JENNIFER P. WILSON
United States District Judge
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Dated: February 2, 2026
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