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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM ODESSA BROWN, II,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 09-2165 LAB (AJB)

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT

AND RECOMMENDATION

vs.

LARRY SMALL, Warden,

Defendant.

The Court has reviewed Judge Battaglia’s R&R and finds that it appropriately

recommends dismissing Brown’s habeas petition as moot. The Court notes that Brown filed

no objection to the R&R. 

The jurisdiction of federal courts extends only to “actual cases or controversies.” Iron

Arrow Honor Soc’y v. Heckler, 464 U.S. 67, 70 (1983). When a case doesn’t present a case

or controversy, it’s moot. Wilson v. Terhune, 319 F.3d 477, 479 (9th Cir. 2003) (quotations

omitted). Here, the basis of Brown’s petition is a disciplinary proceeding in prison, but he

has subsequently endured the discipline at issue and been released on parole. There is

therefore no case or controversy properly before the court. See id. The petition is therefore

DISMISSED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 19, 2011

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

Case 3:09-cv-02165-LAB-PCL Document 19 Filed 01/19/11 Page 1 of 1