George Hood v. Tracy John

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 5:10-hc-02130-FL. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998596580] Mailed to: George Albert Hood. [11-6250]

Appeal: 11-6250

Document: 15

Date Filed: 05/24/2011

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 11-6250

GEORGE ALBERT HOOD,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
TRACY W. JOHNS,
Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
Louise W. Flanagan,
Chief District Judge. (5:10-hc-02130-FL)

Submitted:

May 19, 2011

Before TRAXLER,
Judges.

Chief

Decided:

Judge,

and

AGEE

and

May 24, 2011

KEENAN,

Circuit

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

George Albert Hood, Appellant Pro Se.
Christina Ann Kelley,
BUREAU OF PRISONS, Butner, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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Document: 15

Date Filed: 05/24/2011

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PER CURIAM:
George

Albert

Hood,

a

detainee

pending

commitment

proceedings pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4248 (2006), appeals the
district court’s order dismissing his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241 (West
2006 & Supp. 2010) petition, which sought his release.

The

district court has since dismissed the 18 U.S.C. § 4248 action
in accord with a joint stipulation of the parties and Hood has
been released.

As a result of Hood’s release, “there is no

wrong to remedy and an appeal should . . . be dismissed . . .
when, by virtue of an intervening event, a court of appeals
cannot

grant

appellant.”
2008)

any

effectual

relief

(quoting

Calderon

appeal as moot.
and

materials

in

favor

of

the

United States v. Hardy, 545 F.3d 280, 285 (4th Cir.
v.

Moore,

(internal quotation marks omitted).

facts

whatever

legal
before

518

U.S.

149,

150

(1996))

Accordingly, we dismiss the

We dispense with oral argument because the
contentions

are

adequately

the

and

argument

court

presented

would

not

in

the

aid

the

decisional process.

DISMISSED

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