Jasminder Singh v. Warden Fort Dix FCI

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Decided: July 3, 2025
• Docket: 24-2872
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________

No. 24-2872 __________

JASMINDER SINGH, Appellant

v.

WARDEN FORT DIX FCI ____________________________________

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.N.J. No. 1:24-cv-08527) District Judge: Honorable Karen M. Williams ____________________________________

Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) May 1, 2025 Before: KRAUSE, PHIPPS, and ROTH, Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed: July 3, 2025) ___________

OPINION* ___________

PER CURIAM

Appellant Jasminder Singh, a native of India who was previously confined at Fort

Dix FCI in New Jersey, appeals pro se from an order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2241

* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. petition. That petition challenged Singh’s classification by the Federal Bureau of Prisons

(“BOP”) as a “Deportable Alien,” rendering him ineligible for a transfer to a “camp,” or

for benefits under the Second Chance Act. See 18 U.S.C. § 3621(b); BOP Program

Statement 7310.04. As relief, Singh requested that the “Deportable Alien” classification

be removed, and the BOP ordered to conduct a new custody classification. D.Ct. ECF

No. 1 at 7.

The District Court sua sponte dismissed Singh’s petition for lack of subject matter

jurisdiction. Singh filed a timely notice of appeal. However, Singh has since been

released from BOP custody. See 3d Cir. ECF No. 19; see also Inmate Locator (bop.gov)

(last visited June 9, 2025). In light of this development, and despite Singh’s arguments to

the contrary, there is no relief for this Court to grant in this appeal. See Blanciak v.

Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996) (“If developments occur

during the course of adjudication that eliminate a plaintiff’s personal stake in the outcome

of a suit or prevent a court from being able to grant the requested relief, the case must be

dismissed as moot.”).

Accordingly, this appeal is now moot, and we will dismiss it on that basis.