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Parties Involved:
Board of Parole Hearings
Defendant
Luis Rodarte
Plaintiff
Marion Spearman
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LUIS RODARTE, H-16012,

Petitioner,

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MARION SPEARMAN, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 15-1048 CRB (PR)

ORDER GRANTING

MOTION TO DISMISS

(Dkt. #8) 

Petitioner filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28

U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the 2013 decision of the California Board of Parole

Hearings (BPH) to deny him parole on the grounds that the decision violates the

constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws. Per order filed on April 20,

2015, the court found that, liberally construed, petitioner’s ex post facto claims

appear minimally cognizable under § 2254 and ordered respondent to show cause

why a writ of habeas corpus should not be granted.

Respondent instead moves to dismiss the petition as moot because

petitioner was released on parole. Petitioner did not oppose the motion.

Because it is undisputed that petitioner was released on parole on April 30,

2015, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging BPH’s 2013 decision to

deny him parole must be 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).

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Respondent’s motion dismiss the petition as moot (dkt. #8) is GRANTED. 

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

SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 5, 2015 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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