Case Name: Burlyn D. Shirts, appellant, v. State of Iowa, appellee
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1966-10-18
Citations: 259 Iowa 726
Docket Number: No. 51965
Parties: Burlyn D. Shirts, appellant, v. State of Iowa, appellee.
Judges: All Justices concur except Thornton, J., who takes no part.
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 726–727

Head Matter:
Burlyn D. Shirts, appellant, v. State of Iowa, appellee.
No. 51965.
October 18, 1966.
Joseph L. Phelan, of Fort Madison, for appellant.
William Hildreth, County Attorney, and Paul Kinion, Assistant County Attorney, of Burlington, for appellee.

Opinion:
Stuart, J.
Plaintiff instituted this action for a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release from the Des Moines County jail. Plaintiff's counsel acknowledged in oral argument on appeal that after trial plaintiff had been returned to California under extradition proceedings as a parole violator and had since been released and discharged from prison, was sitting in the Supreme Court Chamber and was in no way currently deprived of his liberty. Habeas corpus is a summary remedy available to a person who is illegally restrained. Code of Iowa, section 663.1. Since plaintiff is no longer restrained, the question is moot and the appeal is dismissed at plaintiff's costs. Ex parte Bell, 328 Mich. 185, 43 N.W.2d 321; 39 C. J. S. 730, 731, Habeas Corpus, section 118. — Appeal dismissed.
All Justices concur except Thornton, J., who takes no part.