Case Name: PYRON v. SQUIER, Acting Warden
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1942-02-27
Citations: 129 F.2d 310
Docket Number: No. 9923
Parties: PYRON v. SQUIER, Acting Warden.
Judges: Before MATHEWS, HANEY, and STEPHENS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 129
Pages: 310–310

Head Matter:
PYRON v. SQUIER, Acting Warden.
No. 9923.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Feb. 27, 1942.
Norris H. Pyron, in pro. per., for appellant.
J. Charles Dennis, U. S. Atty., of Seattle, Wash., and Frank Hale, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Tacoma, Wash., for appellee.
Before MATHEWS, HANEY, and STEPHENS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus whereby appellee, P. J. Squier, Acting Warden of the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, was required to, and did, produce in the court below the body of appellant, Norris H. Pyron, a prisoner then in appellee's custody.
The question was whether, as contended by appellant, appellant's term of imprisonment expired on April 2, 1941, or whether, as contended by appellee, appellant's term expired on January 26, 1942. The appeal came on for hearing on January 28, 1942. Meanwhile, regardless of which contention was correct, appellant's term had expired and appellant had been released from custody, thus rendering the appeal moot.
Appeal dismissed.
The writ, which obviously was a habeas corpus, was improperly labeled "order to produce."