Defendant was sentenced to imprisonment and supervised release after pleading guilty to drug and firearm charges. While on supervised release, defendant admitted to violating the conditions of his release. The district court revoked defendant’s release and sentenced him to further ...

Tagged with: Manufacture of Controlled Substance mootness Revocation of Supervised Release

Where a bank challenged a trial court judgment quieting title to property acquired for construction, the relief the bank sought, reinstatement of its liens, could not be granted even if the bank succeeded on its points on appeal, so the ...

Tagged with: mootness Quiet Title Case

Where a juvenile challenged the judgment committing him to the Division of Youth Services after he violated the terms of his intensive court supervision, the juvenile turned 18 years old during the pendency of the appeal, so the case is ...

Tagged with: jurisdiction Juvenile Court mootness

Where the highway patrol challenged a trial court decision remanding a disciplinary action to the superintendent, the case was not moot because the revocation of the peace-officer license was not final and the officer was entitled to make a claim ...

Tagged with: mootness Officer Disciplinary Action Statutory Authority

Where appellant challenged the denial of injunctive relief in his breach of contract case, even if injunctive relief was a viable remedy, the expiration of the relevant contract and the closing of the appellant’s business rendered the court unable to ...

Tagged with: Contract Case Injunction mootness

(1)Where a juvenile challenged a circuit court finding that he committed an act that if committed by an adult would have constituted the felony of making a terrorist threat in the second degree, and the juvenile turned 18 and was ...

Tagged with: effectiveness of counsel Juvenile Proceeding mootness

Where an applicant for U.S. citizenship brought an appeal after the district court granted the government’s motion to dismiss his suit against the government seeking a decision on his naturalization application, a proceeding under Section 1447(b) does not become moot ...

Tagged with: jurisdiction mootness Naturalization Application

Where a potential candidate for state office challenged the state’s ballot-access requirements for independent candidates, the state legislature amended the challenged statute to accord with the petition-filing deadline that the candidate had sought, so no controversy remained and the appeal ...

Tagged with: Ballot-Access Requirements Independent Candidates mootness

Where civil detainees challenged a Minnesota sex-offender policy that restricted their internet and media access, arguing that the policy violated their constitutional rights including a right to be well-informed voters and seeking a preliminary injunction so that they could prepare ...

Tagged with: civil rights Minnesota Law mootness Sex-Offender Restriction

  Where a mother, who had executed a consent form and a power of attorney form through an adoption agency, challenged a temporary custody order to the potential adoptive parents of her child, the adoption proceeding remained pending and direct ...

Tagged with: adoption Child Custody Family Law mootness

  Where appellants sought to compel a prosecutor to recuse himself and appoint a special prosecutor, the prosecutor’s retirement from his position rendered the appeal moot, and the appeal is dismissed because reversal would give the appellants no remedy and ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law mootness prosecutor disqualification