Hinton v. McEwen

Full title: QUARTUS LEE HINTON, Petitioner, v. L.S. McEWEN, Respondent.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: May 30, 2013

2:12-cv-02590 KJM KJN P (E.D. Cal. May. 30, 2013)

Opinion

QUARTUS LEE HINTON, Petitioner, v. L.S. McEWEN, Respondent. No. 2:12-cv-02590 KJM KJN P United States District Court, E.D. California. May 30, 2013

          ORDER

          KENDALL J. NEWMAN, Magistrate Judge.

         Counsel for respondent has informed the court of petitioner's death on April 15, 2013. Petitioner's death extinguishes this habeas corpus action, which may be pursued only by "a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court...." 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a).

         Accordingly, this is dismissed.

         SO ORDERED.