Al-Awadi v. Fikes
- Wilhelmina Wright
- 0:21-cv-02291
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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In Ali Al-Awadi v. Fikes, Judge Wright denied the habeas petition for lack of jurisdiction and dismissed the case without prejudice.
Petitioner Ali Al-Awadi’s § 2241 petition was denied for lack of jurisdiction, and his case was dismissed without prejudice. Respondent Jeffrey Fikes was not required to litigate the petition on the merits in this order.
What happened
In Ali Al-Awadi v. Jeffrey Fikes, Ali Al-Awadi asked the court to hear a petition challenging his situation under a federal law allowing certain detention challenges.
No one objected to the magistrate judge’s recommendation. The court reviewed it for clear error and found none.
Judge Wilhelmina Wright adopted the recommendation, denied the petition for lack of jurisdiction, denied Al-Awadi’s request to proceed without paying court fees as moot, and dismissed the case without prejudice.
The detailed version
- Al-Awadi v. Fikes · No. 0:21-cv-02291
- Wilhelmina Wright
- Dec. 6, 2021
Background
Ali Al-Awadi filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, a federal procedure for challenging certain forms of custody or detention. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or explain why the court lacked jurisdiction.
United States Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson issued a Report and Recommendation on October 20, 2021. No objections were filed. When no timely objections are filed, the district court reviews the recommendation for clear error.
Ruling
The court reviewed the Report and Recommendation and found no clear error. It adopted the recommendation. The court denied Al-Awadi’s § 2241 petition for lack of jurisdiction, denied his application to proceed in forma pauperis—meaning to proceed without paying the ordinary filing fee—as moot, and dismissed the case without prejudice. The order directed that judgment be entered accordingly.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.