Ryan Warren-Hunt v. Ronald Oliver, et al.

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: October 9, 2025
• Docket: 2:25-cv-00260
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

5 RYAN WARREN-HUNT, Case No. 2:25-cv-00260-GMN-BNW

6 Petitioner, v. ORDER 7 RONALD OLIVER, et al., 8 Respondents. 9 10 Petitioner Ryan Warren-Hunt commenced this habeas action by filing a Petition for Writ 11 of Habeas Corpus. ECF No. 1-1. The Court appointed counsel and entered a scheduling order. 12 ECF No. 15. Respondents have now filed a suggestion of death on the record indicating that 13 Warren-Hunt died on August 11, 2025. ECF No. 16. The Nevada Department of Corrections’ 14 (“NDOC”) online records1 confirm that Warren-Hunt is deceased. 15 The Court may entertain a state prisoner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus only on the 16 ground that he is “in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United 17 States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). A petitioner’s death renders the habeas petition moot. See Dove v. 18 United States, 423 U.S. 325 (1976) (per curiam) (dismissing petition for a writ of certiorari from 19 appellate decision in criminal proceedings upon petitioner’s death); Farmer v. McDaniel, 692 20 F.3d 1052 (9th Cir. 2012) (upon notice of petitioner’s death, appeal dismissed as moot and case 21 remanded to district court to dismiss habeas petition as moot); Garceau v. Woodford, 399 F.3d 22 1101 (9th Cir. 2005) (“Because petitioner’s death renders this case moot, the petition for a writ 23 of habeas corpus should be dismissed as moot.”); Griffey v. Lindsey, 349 F.3d 1157 (9th Cir. 24 2003) (same). 25 26

27 1 The Court takes judicial notice of Petitioner’s current status as reported in the NDOC’s online records. The inmate search tool may be accessed by the public online at: 28 https://ofdsearch.doc.nv.gov 1 Warren-Hunt’s death constitutes an end to his detention; thus, this action no longer 2 || presents a live case or controversy. Accordingly, the petition challenging his state conviction is 3 || now moot. 4 It is therefore ordered that Petitioner Ryan Warren-Hunt’s Petition for Writ of Habeas 5 || Corpus (ECF No. 1-1) is dismissed without prejudice as moot, on account of Warren-Hunt’s 6 || death. 7 The Clerk of the Court is kindly directed to close this case and enter judgment 8 || accordingly 9 || DATED: October 9, 2025 10 if, Gp GLORY STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28