BUCHANAN v. SNEDEKER

No. 09-2051.

588 F.3d 1281 (2009)

William Y. BUCHANAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Patrick SNEDEKER, Warden, and Attorney General for the State of New Mexico, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Cline, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA, Zachary Ives, Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg & Ives, PA, Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Joel K. Jacobsen, Esq., Office of the Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, Margaret Elizabeth McLean, Esq., New Mexico Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondents-Appellants.

Before KELLY, EBEL, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


ORDER OF DISMISSAL

MARY BECK BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellee William Buchanan has filed a motion to dismiss the instant appeal as moot. Respondents-appellants, representing the State of New Mexico (State), oppose Buchanan's motion. For the reasons outlined below, we grant Buchanan's motion and dismiss the appeal as moot.

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In October 2003, Buchanan, a New Mexico state prisoner...

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