Steven Hood v. Julius Wilson, No. 09-3165 (6th Cir. 2010)

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 10a0497n.06 No. 09-3165 FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Aug 11, 2010 STEVEN HOOD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. JULIUS WILSON, WARDEN, Respondent-Appellee. BEFORE: ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) LEONARD GREEN, Clerk ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO OPINION COLE and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges; MAYS, District Judge.* PER CURIAM. Petitioner Steven Hood appeals the district court s denial of his petition for habeas corpus. Because Hood s period of incarceration has expired, we find the appeal is now moot. See United States v. Waltanen, 356 F. App x 848, 851 (6th Cir. 2009) ( If a prisoner does not challenge the validity of the conviction but rather only challenges his sentence or some aspect of it, the request for relief is moot once the challenged portion of the sentence has expired. ) (quoting United States v. Goldberg, 239 F. App x 993, 994 (6th Cir. 2007)). The sole issue before this court is whether Hood s appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge his sentence of incarceration pursuant to State v. Foster, 845 N.E.2d 470 (Ohio 2006). On February 6, 2006, Hood was sentenced to five years of incarceration, with eligibility for judicial release after serving four * The Honorable Samuel H. Mays, Jr., United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, sitting by designation. No. 09-3165 Stephen Hood v. Julius Wilson years. On February 24, 2010, Hood sent a letter to the court stating that he had been discharged from his prison term on February 22, 2010. Because he has served the challenged portion of his sentence, his petition is DISMISSED as moot. -2-

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