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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRED HEMPSTEAD,

Petitioner,

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R. L. AYERS, JR., Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 06-7467 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

(Doc. #17)

Petitioner, a State of California prisoner incarcerated at San Quentin State

Prison, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. §

2254 challenging the decision of the Governor of the State of California to

revoke a parole date granted him by the California Board of Parole Hearings

("BPH") on his 17 years-to-life sentence for second degree murder with use of a

firearm. Respondent has moved to dismiss the petition as moot because

petitioner has been released on parole. Doc. #17. Petitioner has not opposed the

motion. 

It is undisputed that petitioner was granted a parole date on May 6, 2009, a

decision which became final in October 2, 2009 when the governor declined to

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review the matter. Doc. #17 at 2-3. Because BPH found petitioner suitable for

parole, and because petitioner has now been released on parole, the petition for a

writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED as moot. See Fendler v. United States

Bureau of Prisons, 846 F.2d 550, 555 (9th Cir. 1988) (habeas challenge to denial

of parole will become moot if petitioner is released on parole before court

considers petition); see also Burnett v. Lampert, 432 F.3d 996, 999-1001 (9th Cir.

2005) (finding habeas petition still moot after petitioner violated parole and was

reincarcerated).

Respondent’s motion to dismiss (Doc. #17) is GRANTED. The clerk

shall enter judgment in accordance with this order and close the file.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: Jan. 14, 2010 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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