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No. 99-10089
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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                            No. 99-10089
                        Conference Calendar

JAMES A. GILBERT,

                                    Petitioner-Appellant,

versus

UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION;
JOHN TOMBONE, Warden,

                                    Respondents-Appellees.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Northern District of Texas
                     USDC No. 3-97-CV-2790-H
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                          April 13, 2000

Before WIENER, DeMOSS, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     James A. Gilbert, federal prisoner # 60342-079, filed a

habeas corpus petition seeking to have his combined sentence

reduced to the 69 months as stated in the parole commission’s

corrected notice of action.   The district court denied relief and

Gilbert appealed.

     On April 30, 1999, the parole commission entered a nunc pro

tunc order changing Gilbert’s parole effective date from December

     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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11, 1997, to September 11, 1997, to comply with its earlier

decision that Gilbert serve 69 months of imprisonment.     This was

the relief that Gilbert sought in his habeas application and on

appeal.

     Although the appeal was not frivolous when filed, the

subsequent action of the parole commission granting Gilbert the

relief he sought satisfied the goal of Gilbert’s appeal and the

appeal became frivolous at that point.     Any further pursuit of

the matter by Gilbert was without arguable merit and therefore

frivolous.   The Government’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED.

Gilbert’s motion for immediate release is DENIED as moot.

     APPEAL DISMISSED; 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.