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Parties Involved:
Warden Carol Holinka
Appellee
James R. Mickelson
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Judge for the District

of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Susan

Richard Nelson, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-3243

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James R. Mickelson, Suing as James *

Roy Mickelson, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Minnesota.

Warden Carol Holinka, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: April 30, 2008

 Filed: May 5, 2008

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Before WOLLMAN, RILEY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

James R. Mickelson appeals the district court’s1

 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241

petition and related motion challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ denial of his requests

for immediate halfway-house placement. We dismiss the appeal as moot, because

Mickelson was transferred to a halfway house on April 15, 2008. See Calderon v.

Moore, 518 U.S. 149, 150 (1996) (per curiam) (when event occurs during pendency

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of appeal that renders it impossible for court--if it should decide case in appellant’s

favor--to grant effective relief, court will dismiss appeal as moot). We also decline

to address Mickelson’s new claims on appeal, see Poolman v. City of Grafton, 487

F.3d 1098, 1101 (8th Cir. 2007), and we deny the pending motions.

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