Michael J. Bailey v. Donald J. Southerland, Warden, Federal Correctional Institute, La Tuna

Michael J. Bailey, a federal prisoner, appeals the denial of his petition for habeas relief for failure to exhaust available administrative remedies. Because events transpiring after the district court’s order denying relief have rendered Bailey’s appeal moot, we dismiss the appeal.

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On August 14, 1985, Kenneth Wayne Hammonds, a correctional counselor at the Federal Correctional Institution at Seagoville, Texas, gave Bailey an order which Bailey refused to obey. On August 15, Hammonds filed an incident report, alleging that Bailey had been insolent towards a staff member and had refused to…