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Parties Involved:
Kenneth James
Appellant
T. C. Outlaw
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Richard H. Kyle, United States District Judge for the District

of Minnesota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2873

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Kenneth R. James, *

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Appellant, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * District of Minnesota.

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T. C. Outlaw, Warden, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellee. *

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Submitted: August 3, 2005

Filed: August 9, 2005

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Before BYE, McMILLIAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Kenneth James appeals the district court’s1

 denial of his motion to reopen his

28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition, in which he had alleged the wrongful revocation of goodtime credits. Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude the case is moot:

James was released from prison while the appeal was pending, return of the goodtime credits at issue would have no effect on his current term of supervised release,

and at this time we see no collateral consequences from the challenged disciplinary

action. See United States v. Johnson, 529 U.S. 53, 54-59 (2000) (supervised release

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begins when prisoner is released from prison; excess prison time served cannot offset

term of supervised release); cf. Leonard v. Nix, 55 F.3d 370, 372-73 (8th Cir. 1995)

(release of prisoner (subsequently reincarcerated) did not moot habeas petition where

challenged disciplinary had collateral consequences). 

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal. 

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