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REID v. HURWITZ

No. 17-5012.

920 F.3d 828 (2019)

Gordon C. REID, Appellant v. Hugh J. HURWITZ, Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Appellee

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 5, 2019.

Amended April 9, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caleb P. Redmond , Student Counsel, argued the cause as amicus curiae in support of appellant. With him on the briefs were Erica Hashimoto , Director, and Paola Pinto and Sean Stein , Student Counsel, Washington, DC.

Daniel Schaefer , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Jessie K. Liu , U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Katsas.

This case concerns whether the District Court properly dismissed based on mootness the claims of an incarcerated prisoner. Because the allegations in Gordon Reid's Complaint logically fall within a mootness exception for claims "capable of repetition, yet evading review," we reverse the decision of the District Court and...

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