Scott Allen Hain v. Mike Mullin, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Oklahoma, Amicus Curiae

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Scott Allen Hain, an Oklahoma state prisoner sentenced to death for capital murder, filed these appeals challenging the district court’s denial of his request for funding under 21 U.S.C. § 848(q)(8) and the district court’s denial of his request for a stay of execution pending resolution of the § 848(q)(8) issue. We conclude that Hain’s execution by the State of Oklahoma on April 3, 2003, has rendered these appeals moot. With respect to both appeals, we vacate the panel decisions previously entered and remand to the district court with directions to vacate…