Robert McGuffey v. Travis Bennett

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: December 3, 2018
• Docket: 18-15320
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 3 2018 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT ADAM McGUFFEY, No. 18-15320

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:16-cv-00356-MMD- VPC v.

TRAVIS BENNETT; et al., MEMORANDUM*

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Miranda M. Du, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted November 27, 2018**

Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

Former Nevada state prisoner Robert Adam McGuffey appeals pro se from

this district court’s judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional

claims. We review de novo questions of our own jurisdiction. Hunt v. Imperial

Merchant Servs., Inc., 560 F.3d 1137, 1140 (9th Cir. 2009). We dismiss the appeal

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). as moot.

McGuffey sought only injunctive relief in his complaint. On June 7, 2018,

this court received a notice from McGuffey indicating that he had been released

from prison and was on parole. Because McGuffey is no longer incarcerated, this

appeal is moot. See Am. Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa. v. Baker, 22 F.3d 880, 896 (9th

Cir. 1994) (a case is moot when there is no longer a present controversy as to

which effective relief can be granted); see also Alvarez v. Hill, 667 F.3d 1061,

1064 (9th Cir. 2012) (“An inmate’s release from prison while his claims are

pending generally will moot any claims for injunctive relief” (citation and internal

quotation marks omitted)).

DISMISSED.