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2241, D ami an M ar i ne w as i ncar cer at ed atFC I - M cK ean i n Penns y l vani a. M ar i ne had been tr ans ferr ed t o t hatfac i l i t yfr om a hal fw ayhous e i n B r ookl yn, N ew Y or k, fol l ow i ng a n a d v e rse d isc ip lin a ryh e a rin g d e c isio n in w h ich h e w a s a d ju d ica ted g u iltyo f

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e m p lo ym e n t. T h e d isc ip lin a ryh e a rin g a lso re su lted in b o t h a r e s c h e d u l i n g o f

h i s p r o v i s i o n a l r e l e a s e d a t e a n d a l o s s o f th i r t e e n d a y s g o o d t i me c re d its . I n hi s habea s pet i t i on, M ar i ne cha l l enged the di s ci pl i narypr ocee di ng on due p ro c e ss g ro u n d s a n d d e m a n d e d e x p u n g e m e n t o f th e re lev a n t in c id e n t re p o rt, compensa t or ydamages foremot i onal di s t r es s , t erm i nat i on of hi s 3- y eart erm of s upervi s ed r el eas e, and i m m edi at e r el eas e fr om cus t ody . T he l att erdemand w as at t ache d t o M ar i ne’ s cl ai m t hathad hi s pr ovi s i onal r el eas e dat e notbeen pus hed bac k as a r es ul tof th e d is c ip lin a ry d e c is io n , h e w o u ld n o lo n g e r b e in c u s to d y . I n an exha us t i ve r epor tand r ecomm endat i on, the M agi s t r at e J udge fi r s tdet erm i ned t hatM ar i ne’ s s ucce s s ful admi ni s t r at i ve appe al had r ender ed moot hi s cl ai m for expungementof the i nci dentr epor t . T he M agi s t r at e J udge nextdet erm i ned thatM ar i ne had fa i l ed t o exhaus thi s cl ai m r egar di ng the pr ovi s i onal r el eas e dat e, and thati n any eventt he cl ai m l acke d m er i t . T he M agi s t r at e J udge al s o det erm i ned thatonl ythe s ent enci ng cour t , t he D i s t r i ctC our tforthe Southern D i s t r i ctof Fl or i da, coul d m odi fy M ar i ne’ s t erm of s upervi s ed r el eas e, and thatM ar i ne’ s cl ai m forcompensa t orydamages bas ed on emot i onal di s t r es s w as pr ecl uded i n a habe as pr ocee di ng byPr ei s erv.3

R o d ri g u ez , 4 1 1 U . S . 4 7 5 (19 7 3 ). T h e D istri ct C o u rtad o p ted th e M ag istrate Ju d g e’s r ecomm endat i on t hatt he habe as pet i t i on be deni ed. M ar i ne appe al ed, and the G o v e rn m e n t f

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f ir m a n c e . W e h a v e ju ri s d ic tio n o v e r t h e a p p e a l p u rs u a n t to 2 8 U .S .C . § 1 2 9 1 a n d 2 8 U .S .C . § 2253( a) . A cert i fi cat e of a ppeal abi l i t yi s notr equi r ed t o appea l fr om the deni al of M a ri n e ’s § 2 2 4 1 p e titio n . S e e B u rk e yv . M a rb e rr y , 5 5 6 F .3 d 1 4 2 , 1 4 6 (3 d C ir . 2 0 0 9 ). W e e x e rc ise p len a ryre v iew o v e r th e D istric t C o u rt’s le g a l co n c lu sio n s, a n d re v iew its f a c tu a l f in d in g s f o r c le a r e rr o r. S e e R u g g ia n o v . R e is h , 3 0 7 F .3 d 1 2 1 , 1 2 6 (3 d C ir . 2 0 0 2 ). S u m m a rya f

f irm a n c e is p ro p e r w h e n “ it cle a rlya p p e a rs th a t n o su b sta n tial q u e stio n is pr es ent ed ort hats ubs equentpr ece dentora cha nge i n ci r cumst ance s w arr ant s s uch act i on. ” Thi r d C i r cui tI . O . P. 10. 6. W e agr ee w i t h t he G overnm entthatevent s s ubs equentt o hi s fi l i ng of the habe as p eti ti o n h av e re n d ere d m o o t M arine ’s prim aryreq u ests fo r reli ef. S ee B u rns v . P a. D ep ’t of C or r . , 544 F. 3d 279, 283 ( 3d C i r . 2008) . Speci fi cal l y , hi s i nci dentr epor tw as ex p u n g ed , h is go o d ti m e c red it s w ere restore d , an d h e is n o lon g er in c u stod y . M o reo v er, M ar i ne’ s cl ai m s conce r ni ng hi s t erm of s upervi s ed r el eas e and hi s al l eged e m ot i onal di s t r es s l ack mer i tfors ubs t ant i al l ythe r eas ons gi ven i n t he M agi s t r at e’ s r epor t , and they do notpr es enta “s ubs t ant i al ques t i on. ” A c c o rd in g ly , w e g ra n t th e G o v e rn m e n t’s m o tio n f o r su m m a rya f

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