Case Name: Roger M. HILLMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary McCAUGHTRY, Warden, Waupun Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1994-01-19
Citations: 14 F.3d 350
Docket Number: No. 92-3805
Parties: Roger M. HILLMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary McCAUGHTRY, Warden, Waupun Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before FLAUM and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and WILL, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 14
Pages: 350–351

Head Matter:
Roger M. HILLMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary McCAUGHTRY, Warden, Waupun Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 92-3805.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Argued May 12, 1993.
Decided Jan. 19, 1994.
William M. Conley, Bradley D. Jackson (argued), Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, for Roger M. Hillman.
Sally L. Wellman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary E. Burke, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept, of Justice, Madison, WI, for Gary R. McCaughtry.
Before FLAUM and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and WILL, District Judge.
The Honorable Hubert L. Will, District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, is sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This case is an appeal from the judgment of the district court that denied relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to the petitioner. The case is currently under advisement after briefing and oral argument.
By letter to the Clerk, dated January 3, 1994, counsel for the petitioner has advised this court that the petitioner died on December 21, 1993. This case is therefore moot. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment and remand the case to the district court with directions to dismiss the case as moot. See Knapp v. Baker, 509 F.2d 922, 922 (5th Cir.1975); Gornto v. MacDougall, 482 F.2d 361, 361 (5th Cir.1973). See also United States v. Munsingwear, 340 U.S. 36, 39, 71 S.Ct. 104, 106, 95 L.Ed. 36 (1950).
No costs are to be assessed in this court,
VACATED AND Remanded with Instruc-0Ng