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Ferris v. Holt

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Dec 8, 2009
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:09-CV-1465 (M.D. Pa. Dec. 8, 2009)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:09-CV-1465.

December 8, 2009


ORDER


AND NOW, this 8th day of December, 2009, upon consideration of petitioner's motion for reconsideration (Doc. 23) of this court's order of October 8, 2009 (Doc. 22), denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus in which he was seeking pre-release custody placement in a residential reentry center, and the court having confirmed via the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator system, that petitioner has been granted pre-release custody to a community corrections program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, thereby rendering the petition moot, see Khodara Envtl., Inc. ex rel. Eagle Envtl., L.P. v. Beckman, 237 F.3d 186, 192-93 (3d Cir. 2001) ("Article III of the Constitution grants the federal courts the power to adjudicate only actual, ongoing cases or controversies."); Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996) ("If developments occur during the course of adjudication that eliminate a plaintiff's personal stake in the outcome of a suit or prevent a court from being able to grant the requested relief, the case must be dismissed as moot."), it is hereby ORDERED that motion for reconsideration (Doc. 23) is DENIED.

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Summaries of

Ferris v. Holt

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Dec 8, 2009
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:09-CV-1465 (M.D. Pa. Dec. 8, 2009)
Case details for

Ferris v. Holt

Case Details

Full title:RAYMOND K. FERRIS, Petitioner v. WARDEN HOLT, Respondent

Court:United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Dec 8, 2009

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:09-CV-1465 (M.D. Pa. Dec. 8, 2009)