Carlos Gustavo De La Teja v. United States of America, John Ashcroft, Attorney General

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• holding that entry of final removal order rendered due process challenge to § 1226(c) detention moot
• discussing applicability of Section 1231 in case where petitioner had not appealed his removal order to the court of appeals
• vacating, without reference to the public interest, portion of district court order addressing alien’s Due Process Clause claim when intervening BIA order mooted appeal
• “Because the Attorney General no longer is acting pursuant to § 1226[], it is unnecessary and altogether inappropriate for us to take up the question addressed by the district court.”
• “[W]hen an issue in a case becomes moot on appeal, the court not only must dismiss as to the mooted issue, but also vacate the portion of the district court’s order that addresses it.”
• “Because a final removal order has been entered, De La Teja is no longer being detained pursuant to § 1226(c), which governs only detention prior to a final removal order. Instead, he is being detained now pursuant to a wholly different statute … 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (a

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