Case Name: Annie C. GORNTO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ellis C. MacDOUGALL, Commissioner of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation, et al., Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1973-07-18
Citations: 482 F.2d 361
Docket Number: No. 72-1970
Parties: Annie C. GORNTO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ellis C. MacDOUGALL, Commissioner of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation, et al., Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 482
Pages: 361–361

Head Matter:
Annie C. GORNTO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ellis C. MacDOUGALL, Commissioner of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation, et al., Respondent-Appellee.
No. 72-1970.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 18, 1973.
Hugh W. Gibert, Andrew C. Hall, Atlanta, Ga., Jack S. Hutto, Brunswick, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.
Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Courtney Wilder Stanton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., William R. Killian, Brunswick, Ga., Daniel I. MacIntyre, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.
Before TUTTLE, BELL and AINS-WORTH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The opinion of this court in the within appeal from the denial of habeas corpus relief to appellant from her state sentence was issued on June 27, 1973. On July 2, 1973, counsel for the parties stipulated that appellant died on March 15, 1973, and for that reason have moved to dismiss the appeal as being moot.
The motion is granted; the opinion of this court is vacated, and the cause is remanded to the district court with direction that the case be dismissed. Hann, Warden v. Hawk, 8 Cir., 1953, 205 F.2d 839.
Remanded with direction.