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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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CASEY CREEDON,

Petitioner,

v.

JEFF WRIGLEY, Warden,

Respondent.

 /

CV F 06-1077 OWW DLB HC

ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS

[Doc. #7]

ORDER DISMISSING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATION AS MOOT

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT

OF HABEAS CORPUS AS MOOT

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

ENTER JUDGMENT

Petitioner is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 

On October 23, 2006, the Magistrate Judge issued Findings and Recommendations that

recommended the petition be GRANTED and Respondent be ORDERED to consider the

appropriateness of transferring Petitioner to an Residential Re-entry Center (“RRC”) in light of

the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3621(b), not excluding any other factors deemed appropriate

by the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”), without reference to the BOP policy promulgated in

December 2002 and without reference to the BOP’s February 14, 2005, amendment to 28 C.F.R.

§ 570.21. The Findings and Recommendation was served on all parties and contained notice that

any objections were to be filed within ten (10) days of the date of service of the order. 

On October 31, 2006, Respondent filed a motion to dismiss the petition as moot.

Respondent contends and submits evidence that Petitioner has been transferred to a

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halfway house on October 16, 2006, and argues the instant petition is therefore moot. See

Declaration of Bobbi Butler, Attachment to Motion. Respondent submits the declaration of

Bobbi Butler, who is employed in the Correctional Programs department for the Western Region,

BOP, United States Department of Justice. Id. Ms. Butler has reviewed the SENTRY Computer

System with regard to Petitioner, and records indicate that on October 16, 2006, Petitioner was

transferred to the Cornell Corrections, Residential Reentry Center (RRC). Id. Because of this

transfer, Petitioner’s petition has become moot and must be dismissed. 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 case before them”); Mitchell v. Dupnik, 75 F.3d 517, 528 (9

th

Cir. 1996). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED; 

2. The Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendation is DISMISSED as moot;

3. The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DISMISSED as moot; and

4. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2006 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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