Case Name: James BUMPUS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, CLINTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-07-13
Citations: 426 F. App'x 21
Docket Number: No. 10-1513-pr
Parties: James BUMPUS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, CLINTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Present: JOHN M. WALKER, JR., BARRINGTON D. PARKER and DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 426
Pages: 21–22

Head Matter:
James BUMPUS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, CLINTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 10-1513-pr.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
July 13, 2011.
Lawrence F. Ruggiero, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Amy Appelbaum, Assistant District Attorney (Leonard Joblove, Assistant District Attorney, on the brief), for Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Kings County, Brooklyn, NY, for Respondent-Appellee.
Present: JOHN M. WALKER, JR., BARRINGTON D. PARKER and DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.
The Clerk of Court is directed to amend the caption as set forth above.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner James Bumpus appealed from the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On April 22, 2011, while his appeal was pending, Mr. Bumpus died. We therefore DISMISS the appeal as moot.