United States v. King, No. 17-10006 (9th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Ninth Circuit dismissed as moot defendant's appeal from a revocation of supervised release. In this case, the Bureau of Prisons had unconditionally released defendant from custody, and his sentence was complete. The panel held that defendant has fully completed the sentence imposed for his revocation of supervised release and has identified only speculative and hypothetical collateral consequences flowing from the charge underlying his revocation. The panel rejected defendant's claim that he faced collateral consequences because he could be required to register as a sex offender and this could affect his ability to visit his children.
Court Description: Criminal Law. The panel dismissed as moot an appeal from a revocation of supervised release. The panel held that the appeal was moot because the Bureau of Prisons had unconditionally released the defendant from custody, and his sentence was complete. The panel found insufficient to avoid mootness the collateral consequence that the revocation charge, which involved a finding that the defendant committed statutory rape, could require him to register as a sex offender in the future.
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