YOUNG v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY et al

Filing 12

MEMORANDUM. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 4/3/2018. (rtm, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

JEROME LAMAR YOUNG,
Petitioner,
v.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
Respondent.

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Civ. Action No. 17-3039 (NLH)

MEMORANDUM

Petitioner filed this Petition for Writ of Habeas

Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in which he sought to
challenge the calculation of his jail time credits to his
sentences arising from 2016 municipal court charges to which he
pled guilty. 1

See ECF No. 1.

The Court administratively

terminated his § 2254 petition because Petitioner was released
from custody and failed to comply with Local Civil Rule 10.1(a).
See ECF No. 7.
2.

Petitioner advised the Court by letter dated January

28, 2018, that Petitioner obtained relief regarding the proper
application of his time credits.

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See ECF No. 10.

Petitioner also filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, in which he appeared to also
challenge the calculation of his sentence as it relates to the
application of jail, comp, and work time credits. See No. 17cv-11644, ECF No. 1.

3.

Petitioner also provided his new address in the

letter.
4.

A review of the New Jersey Department of Corrections’

Offender Search webpage confirmed that Petitioner has been
released from state custody.
5.

Because Petitioner is no longer in custody, it

appeared to the Court that his § 2254 petition should be
dismissed as moot for failure to present a case or controversy
for which this Court could provide relief.

See, e.g., Spencer

v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 18 (1998) (affirming dismissal of § 2254
petition as moot).
6.

On March 6, 2018, the Court issued an order to show

cause within fourteen (14) days why the Petition should not be
dismissed as moot because the Petitioner had obtained in state
court the relief he was seeking in this action.
7.

See ECF No. 11.

The Petitioner has failed to show cause or respond in

any matter to that Order.
8.

As such, the Court will dismiss this Petition pursuant

to § 2254 as moot.

Dated: April 3, 2018
At Camden, New Jersey

s/ Noel L. Hillman
NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J.

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