Opinion
No. C 09-00203 CRB
02-27-2012
VICTOR WOODARD, Petitioner, v. GREGORY J. AHERN, Respondant.
ORDER DISMISSING CASE
The Court has received a Suggestion of Death Upon the Record Under Rule 25(a)(1), filed by counsel to Plaintiff Victor Woodard (dkt. 96). The death of a habeas petitioner renders his petition moot. See Griffey v. Lindsey, 349 F.3d 1157, 1157 (9th Cir. 2003); McClendon v. Trigg, 79 F.3d 557, 558 (7th Cir. 1996). Any collateral consequences end with the petitioner's death as well. McClendon, 79 F.3d at 558-59. The petition must be dismissed. See id. at 559. Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES Petitioner's case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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CHARLES R. BREYER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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