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Parties Involved:
Bryn Ellis
Appellant
Ron King
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-60598

BRYN ELLIS,

Petitioner-Appellant

v.

RON KING, Superintendent,

Respondent-Appellee

Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Mississippi

USDC No. 3:18-CV-850

Before HAYNES, GRAVES, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Bryn Ellis, Mississippi prisoner # 186582, requested a certificate of 

appealability (COA) in order to appeal from the district court’s dismissal with 

prejudice of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application as time barred. Ellis’s death 

during the pendency of his COA motion has rendered his § 2254 application 

moot. See Soffar v. Davis, 653 F. App’x 813, 814 (5th Cir. 2016) (citing Knapp 

v. Baker, 509 F.2d 922, 922 (5th Cir. 1975)).

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

February 3, 2020

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Accordingly, we DENY as unnecessary Ellis’s motion to expedite 

consideration of his COA motion, GRANT Ellis’s COA motion, VACATE the 

district court’s judgment, and REMAND the case with direction to dismiss 

Ellis’s § 2254 application as moot.

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