Mata v. Sumner 721 F.2d 1251

721 F.2d 1251

Robert MATA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. George W. SUMNER, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 78-2636.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Dec. 14, 1983.

Leonard D. Stein, Redwood City, Cal., argued for petitioner-appellant; Dennis P. Riordan, San Francisco, Cal., on brief.

*1252Jamie Jacobs-May, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent-appellee.

Before ELY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and TAKASUGI, District Judge.*

On January 20,1983, our Court issued its latest OPINION in the subject case, 696 F.2d 1244. A petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court was granted, — U.S. —, 104 S.Ct. 386, 78 L.Ed.2d 332, with Justice Stevens dissenting. We have now received the Supreme Court’s mandate, and under that mandate, our Court’s judgment is vacated, and the cause is remanded to our Court “with directions to dismiss the appeal as moot.”

Following the Supreme Court’s directive, the appellant’s appeal, being moot,1 is hereby

DISMISSED.

Mata v. Sumner

721 F.2d 1251

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Mata v. Sumner

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Dec 14, 1983

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721 F.2d 1251

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United States

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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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