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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 

Kelly Lynn Kincer, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

Louis Winn, Jr., 

Respondent. 

No. CV-13-00504-TUC-EJM

ORDER 

 

 On June 19, 2013 Kelly Lynn Kincer, an inmate confined (at that time) in the 

United States Penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. 1). Petitioner alleged that the Bureau of Prisons 

wrongfully deprived him of 7 days of Good Conduct Time. Respondent filed a Return 

and Answer (Doc. 14), and Petitioner did not file a Reply. 

 While Petitioner was incarcerated at USP—Tucson at the time of filing his 

Petition, the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator indicates that Petitioner was released from 

federal custody on February 11, 2016. 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 case before them”); Mitchell v. Dupnick, 75 F.3d 517, 528 (9th Cir. 1996); 

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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). 

 Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED dismissing the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 

under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 as moot. (Doc. 1). The Clerk shall enter judgment accordingly 

and close its file on this matter. 

 Dated this 3rd day of May, 2016. 

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