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Parties Involved:
Connie Gipson
Respondent
Roberto Herrera
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERTO HERRERA,

Petitioner, No. 2:12-cv-0508 KJM DAD P 

vs.

CONNIE GIPSON, 

Respondent. ORDER

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On December 14, 2012, this court ordered that counsel be appointed for

petitioner. Thereafter, on December 20, 2012, attorney Michael Bigelow was substituted in as

appointed counsel on behalf of petitioner in this action. Petitioner had apparently not yet

received the court’s order appointing counsel to represent him when, also on December 20, 2012,

he filed a motion seeking the appointment of counsel. 

In light of the above, petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel has been

rendered moot and will be denied on that basis. See Murphy v. Hunt, 455 U.S. 478, 481 (1982),

(quoting United States Parole Comm’n v. Geraghty, 445 U.S. 388, 396 (1980)) (quoting Powell

v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486, 496 (1969)) (“[A] case becomes moot ‘when the issues presented

are no longer “live” or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.’”).

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s December 20, 2012

motion for appointment of counsel (Docket No. 39) is denied as having been rendered moot.

DATED: January 8, 2013.

DAD:8:mp

herr0508.110(2)

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