Case Name: The CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.H. RISON, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees; Dannie MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.H. RISON, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1992-04-28
Citations: 962 F.2d 959
Docket Number: Nos. 90-16103, 90-16122
Parties: The CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.H. RISON, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Dannie MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.H. RISON, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: D.W. NELSON, HALL and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 962
Pages: 959–960

Head Matter:
The CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.H. RISON, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Dannie MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.H. RISON, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Nos. 90-16103, 90-16122.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Aug. 23, 1991.
Decided April 28, 1992.
William Bennett Turner, Turner & Bror-by, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant Martin.
James M. Wagstaffe, Cooper, White & Cooper, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant Chronicle.
William C. Brown, Crim. Div., U.S. Dept, of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.
Before: D.W. NELSON, HALL and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Because of appellant Martin's release on parole, we find that the entire case is now moot. The judgment of the district court, reported at 741 F.Supp. 1406 (N.D.Cal.1990), is VACATED and this matter REMANDED with directions to dismiss on the ground of mootness.