Case Name: FLETCHER v. BRYAN, JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1959-12-07
Citations: 361 U.S. 126
Docket Number: No. 75
Parties: FLETCHER v. BRYAN, JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 361
Pages: 126–126

Head Matter:
FLETCHER v. BRYAN, JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.
No. 75,
Misc.
Decided December 7, 1959.
Petitioner pro se.
Solicitor General Rankin for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
'In light of the suggestion of mootness due to the death of the petitioner, the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted, The judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated and the case is remanded to that court with directions to dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus as moot.