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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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Order of Dismissal

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERTO URIETA,

Petitioner,

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BEN CURRY, Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-0137 RMW (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the Governor’s reversal of parole suitability by the

California Board of Parole Hearings (“Board”) on February 25, 2005. 

Petitioner had another case, Urieta v. Curry, Case No. C 07-3935 RMW (PR) (2007), in

which he challenged a subsequent September 29, 2005 Board suitability hearing and denial. On

October 13, 2009, the court granted petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus in C 07-3935. 

Because petitioner has now been released on parole, the underlying petition for a writ of habeas

corpus is DISMISSED as moot. See Burnett v. Lampert, 432 F.3d 996, 999-1001 (9th Cir. 2005)

(claim moot if injury cannot be redressed by court action); Fendler v. United States Bureau of

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

*E-FILED - 3/24/10*

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moot if petitioner is released on parole before court considers petition).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: RONALD M. WHYTE 

United States District Judge

3/23/10

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