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Scarpa, v. U.S. Board of Parole

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Nov 30, 1973
501 F.2d 992 (5th Cir. 1973)

Opinion

No. 71-1602.

November 30, 1973.

This order was initially issued in typewritten form without publication. Determination as to publication of this order was subsequently made on September 13, 1974.

Robert J. Scarpa, pro se; Professor Donald Wilkes, Jr., University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U.S. Atty., Richard H. Still, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., George S. Kopp, Jerome M. Feit, Attys., Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondents-appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; Newell Edenfield, Chief Judge.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE, WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.



The Supreme Court of the United States having vacated the judgment of this Court and remanded the cause to this Court for consideration of the question of mootness, 414 U.S. 809, 94 S.Ct. 79, 38 L.Ed.2d 44, and appellant having filed a motion suggesting that this cause is now moot because appellant was granted a parole effective October 29, 1973.

On further consideration whereof, it is now ordered and adjudged by this Court that the order of the District Court dated February 17, 1971 dismissing appellant's complaint for failure to state a claim is hereby vacated, and this cause is remanded to the District Court with directions to enter an order dismissing appellant's complaint as moot.


Summaries of

Scarpa, v. U.S. Board of Parole

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Nov 30, 1973
501 F.2d 992 (5th Cir. 1973)
Case details for

Scarpa, v. U.S. Board of Parole

Case Details

Full title:ROBERT J. SCARPA, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. U.S. BOARD OF PAROLE AND WALTER…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Nov 30, 1973

Citations

501 F.2d 992 (5th Cir. 1973)

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