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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

David D Green,

Petitioner,

v. 

RL Rhodes,

Respondent.

No. CV-17-00570-TUC-DCB (EJM)

REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION

On November 20, 2017 David D. Green, an inmate confined (at that time) at the 

Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas 

Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. 1). Petitioner alleged that the United States 

Parole Commission erred in calculating his projected release date. Respondent filed a 

Return and Answer under seal (Doc. 17), and Petitioner did not file a reply. 

Pursuant to Rules 72.1 and 72.2 of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure, this matter 

was referred to Magistrate Judge Markovich for a Report and Recommendation.

While Petitioner was incarcerated at the time of filing his Petition, the Bureau of 

Prisons Inmate Locator indicates that Petitioner was released from federal custody on June 

24, 2019. Petitioner has not filed a notice of address change with the Court as required by 

LRCiv 83.3(d). 

Because Petitioner has already been released from custody, the Petition is now moot 

and dismissal is appropriate. North Carolina v. Rice, 404 U.S. 244, 246 (1971) (“federal 

courts are without power to decide questions that cannot affect the rights of litigants in the 

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case before them”); Fendler v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons, 846 F.2d 550, 555 (9th Cir. 1988) 

(finding that release of petitioner on parole mooted his petition seeking earlier release date 

on the grounds contending that Parole Commission had improperly delayed his release 

date); see also Salazar-Torres v. Benov, 2014 WL 4960586 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 1, 2014) (“A 

petition for writ of habeas corpus is moot where a petitioner’s claim for relief cannot be 

redressed by a favorable decision of the court issuing a writ of habeas corpus.”).

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that the District Court enter an Order 

dismissing the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Doc. 1) as 

moot. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Rule 72(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, any party may serve and file written objections within fourteen (14) days after 

being served with a copy of this Report and Recommendation. A party may respond to 

another party’s objections within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy. Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2). No replies shall be filed unless leave is granted from the District Court. 

If objections are filed, the parties should use the following case number: CV-17-570-TUCDCB

Failure to file timely objections to any factual or legal determination of the 

Magistrate Judge may result in waiver of the right of review. The Clerk of the Court shall 

send a copy of this Report and Recommendation to all parties.

Dated this 10th day of December, 2019.

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