WITT v. HOLLINGSWORTH

Filing 6

OPINION. Signed by Judge Renee Marie Bumb on 2/16/2016. (drw)n.m.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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JEFFREY WITT,
Petitioner,
v.
JORDAN HOLLINGSWORTH,
Respondent.
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Civ. No. 15-8773(RMB)

OPINION

BUMB, United States District Judge
This matter comes before the Court upon Respondent’s letter
request (ECF No. 5) to dismiss the present habeas petition as
moot. In his § 2241 habeas petition, Petitioner sought immediate
transfer to a Residential Reentry Center. He was subsequently
transferred to Residential Reentry Center on January 13, 2016.
Therefore, this case no longer presents an actual controversy.
See Burkey v. Marberry, 556 F.3d 142, 147 (3d Cir. 2009) (under
Article

III

of

the

Constitution,

the

case

and

controversy

requirement means that throughout the litigation, the plaintiff
“‘must have suffered, or be threatened with, an actual injury
traceable

to

the

defendant

and

likely

to

be

redressed

by

a

favorable judicial decision.’” (quoting Spencer v. Kemna, 523

U.S. 1, 7 (1998) (quoting Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp., 494
U.S. 472, 477 (1990)).
For the reasons discussed above, the Court will dismiss
Petitioner’s habeas petition as moot in the accompanying Order
filed herewith.
s/Renée Marie Bumb
RENÉE MARIE BUMB
United States District Judge
Dated: February 16, 2016

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