Woods v. Superintendent

Filing 10

OPINION AND ORDER granting 9 Motion to Dismiss and this case is DISMISSED AS MOOT. Signed by Judge William C Lee on 7/8/2014. (cc: Woods) (rmn) Modified on 7/9/2014 (rmn).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
SOUTH BEND DIVISION
SHED TREVEL WOODS,
Petitioner,
v.
SUPERINTENDENT,
Respondent.

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CAUSE NO. 3:13-CV-1228 WL

OPINION AND ORDER
Shed Trevel Woods, a pro se prisoner, filed this habeas corpus petition challenging the
prison disciplinary hearing (IYC 13-08-100) which was held on August 24, 2013. At that hearing
the Disciplinary Hearing Body (DHB) found him guilty of Unauthorized Financial Transactions in
violation of B-220. He was sanctioned with the loss of 90 days earned credit time and demoted from
Credit Class Two to Credit Class Three. The Respondent has filed a motion to dismiss arguing that
“[b]ecause the conviction and sanctions challenged in the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in this
case have been vacated, there is no longer a case or controversy for this Court to adjudicate
regarding the original Petition, and the case is moot.” DE 9 at 2. The Respondent has also filed a
letter from the Legal Services Division of the Indiana Department of Correction stating that the
sanctions have been vacated. DE 9-1. Woods has not responded and the time for doing so has now
passed.
For the foregoing reasons, the motion to dismiss (DE 9) is GRANTED, and this case is
DISMISSED AS MOOT.
SO ORDERED.
ENTERED: July 8, 2014

s/William C. Lee
William C. Lee, Judge

United States District Court

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