Legal Opinion

Annie C. Gornto v. Ellis C. MacDougall Commissioner of the Department of Offender Rehabilitation

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 18, 1973No. 72-1970PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Per curiam

The opinion of this court in the within appeal from the denial of habeas corpus relief to appellant from her state sentence was issued on June 27, 1973. On July 2, 1973, counsel for the parties stipulated that appellant died on March 15, 1973, and for that reason have moved to dismiss the appeal as being moot.

The motion is granted; the opinion of this court is vacated, and the cause is remanded to the district court with direction that the case be dismissed. Hann, Warden v. Hawk, 8 Cir., 1953, 205 F.2d 839.

Remanded with direction.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hann, Warden v. HawkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Wallace Levan Griffey v. Gary Lindsey, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  2. Howard Krantz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  3. Walter Knapp v. T. L. Baker, Sheriff of Potter County, Texas and W. J. Estelle, Jr., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  4. United States v. BennettCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017
  5. Chester McKinney v. James C. Parsons, in His Capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Birmingham, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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