Case Name: Louis BAFILE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Maryellen THOMS, Warden, Respondent-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-07-16
Citations: 15 F. App'x 236
Docket Number: No. 00-5756
Parties: Louis BAFILE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Maryellen THOMS, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: Before KRUPANSKY, RYAN, and SILER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 15
Pages: 236–237

Head Matter:
Louis BAFILE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Maryellen THOMS, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 00-5756.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
July 16, 2001.
Before KRUPANSKY, RYAN, and SILER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Respondent Maryellen Thoms appeals a district court order granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Louis Baffle under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. This appeal was held in abeyance pending decisions by the Supreme Court in Lopez v. Davis, No. 99-7504, and by this court in Powell v. Thoms, No. 99-5974. These cases have now been decided. See Lopez v. Davis, 531 U.S. 230, 121 S.Ct. 714, 718, 148 L.Ed.2d 635 (2001); Powell v. Thoms, No. 99-5974 (6th Cir. April 5, 2001) (unpublished order).
In Powell, the court noted that the petitioner had been released from custody, so the case was now moot. In this case, the address for Louis Baffle reflects that he, too, has been released from custody. Therefore, his appeal is also moot. In this situation, the proper procedure is to vacate the district court's judgment and to remand the case to the district court with directions to dismiss the petition as moot. United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36, 39-40, 71 S.Ct. 104, 95 L.Ed. 36 (1950).
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is vacated, and the ease is remanded to the district court with directions to dismiss the petition as moot.