KIP GILLEM V VITO LATTORE
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
KIP GILLEM,
UNPUBLISHED
June 29, 2010
Petitioner-Appellee,
V
No. 291219
Wayne Circuit Court
LC No. 09-101615-PH
VITO LATTORE,
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: ZAHRA, P.J., and CAVANAGH and FITZGERALD, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Respondent appeals as of right from the order of the circuit court denying his motion to
terminate a personal protection order. We dismiss this appeal as moot. This appeal has been
decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
“As a general rule, an appellate court will not decide moot issues.” B P 7 v Bureau of
State Lottery, 231 Mich App 356, 359; 586 NW2d 117 (1998). “An issue is deemed moot when
an event occurs that renders it impossible for a reviewing court to grant relief.” Id.
Because the PPO in this case expired on February 10, 2010, it is impossible or
unnecessary for this Court to fashion any remedy, even if any of respondent’s objections were
found to have merit. Because the PPO expired by its own terms, there is nothing for this Court
to dissolve, and a remand to the circuit court for a new hearing would serve no purpose.
Further, we conclude that the issues are without public significance, and note that
respondent does not assert the existence of any collateral negative consequence of the continued
existence of the now-expired PPO. See Hayford v Hayford, 279 Mich App 324, 325; 760 NW2d
503 (2008) (concluding that relief could be granted in connection with an expired PPO issued
against a gun manufacturer because its continued existence threatened his federal firearms
license).
Appeal dismissed.
/s/ Mark J. Cavanagh
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
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