Case: 10-51159 Document: 00512100341 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/03/2013
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
January 3, 2013
No. 10-51159
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
RICARDO CARDENAS-ROMO,
Petitioner-Appellant
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; WARDEN, RCDC III; BUREAU OF
PRISONS; U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Respondents-Appellees
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 4:10-CV-96
Before KING, CLEMENT, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Ricardo Cardenas-Romo, former federal prisoner # 23653-208, appeals the
denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging his exclusion from
rehabilitation programs and halfway houses. As Cardenas-Romo has been
released from Bureau of Prisons custody, we grant Respondents’ motion to
dismiss the appeal as moot. See Calderon v. Moore, 518 U.S. 149, 150 (1996).
*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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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No. 10-51159
Respondents’ alternative motion for an extension of time to file a brief is denied
as unnecessary.
MOTION TO DISMISS GRANTED; APPEAL DISMISSED; MOTION FOR
AN EXTENSION OF TIME DENIED.
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Ricardo Cardenas-Romo v. USA
Combined Opinion