Court Opinion

ID: 9463690
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 23:13:25.803793+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:38:14.208255
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ROSENN, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the opinion of the majority, with the exception of the dictum that incapability of repetition would not render this appeal moot. See majority op. at 540-541.
As Judge Garth demonstrates, the circumstances giving rise to Pisciotta’s confinement and release are indeed capable of repetition; consequently, this case falls within a well-established exception to general principles of mootness. Therefore, there would appear to be no need for the gratuitous assertion that, even if the circumstances underlying this case were incapable of repetition, the appeal would not be moot because the significance of the interests at stake is itself enough to permit review. Whether the presence of important interests obviates a showing of capability of repetition for purposes of mootness analysis is a troublesome question that should be addressed only in the context of a case squarely presenting that issue.
ADAMS, Circuit Judge, joins in this opinion.