Simon v. United States

USCA1 Opinion




December 4, 1995 [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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No. 95-1330

CHARLES SIMON,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant, Appellee.


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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Reginald C. Lindsay, U.S. District Judge]

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Before

Selya, Stahl and Lynch,
Circuit Judges. ______________

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Charles Simon on brief pro se. _____________
Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, and Emily R. Schulman, ________________ _________________
Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.


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Per Curiam. By way of this habeas corpus petition under __________

28 U.S.C. 2241, petitioner Charles Simon sought to be

awarded 120 days of "meritorious good time credit" that he

alleged had been unlawfully withheld from him. Petitioner

has since been released from prison. As there is no longer

any available relief that can be judicially awarded, his

petition is moot. See, e.g., Fendler v. U.S. Bureau of ___ ____ _______ _______________

Prisons, 846 F.2d 550, 555 (9th Cir. 1988); Bailey v. _______ ______

Southerland, 821 F.2d 277, 278 (5th Cir. 1987) (per curiam). ___________

We accordingly vacate the district court's judgment and

remand with directions to dismiss the action on the ground of

mootness. See, e.g., United States v. Munsingwear, 340 U.S. ___ ____ ______________ ___________

36, 39-40 (1950); Motta v. District Director of INS, 61 F.3d _____ ________________________

117, 118-19 (1st Cir. 1995).

Vacated and remanded with directions to dismiss the ________________________________________________________

action as moot. _______________





















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