Gregg Crampton v. J. Thoma, No. 09-35645 (9th Cir. 2010)

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FILED OCT 27 2010 NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT GREGG LEON CRAMPTON, Petitioner - Appellant, No. 09-35645 D.C. No. 3:07-cv-01883-BR v. ORDER* J. E. THOMAS, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Anna J. Brown, District Judge, Presiding Submitted October 5, 2010** Portland, Oregon Before: TASHIMA, PAEZ and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. Gregg Leon Crampton moves to dismiss as moot his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and his appeal of the district court s denial of the same, and to vacate the district court s order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2106. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). The government agrees to the dismissal but argues that the district court s order should not be vacated. It is undisputed that because Crampton was resentenced on February 2, 2010 to a consecutive sentence of 96 months, this appeal and the underlying petition are moot. Furthermore, because Crampton s petition has become moot by the happenstance of a separate court judgment involving distinct legal issues not raised in this appeal, vacatur is appropriate. See Alvarez v. Smith, ___ U.S. ___, 130 S. Ct. 576, 581-83 (2009). We grant Crampton s motion to dismiss, vacate the district court s order of June 26, 2009, and remand with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. VACATED AND REMANDED. 2

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