FLETCHER
v.
BRYAN, JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

U.S. | 1959-12-07
No. 75
361 U.S. 126 Supreme Court of the United States (1959) Positive Treatment
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Per_curiam
Per Curiam.

Per Curiam.

'In light of the suggestion of mootness due to the death of the petitioner, the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted, The judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated and the case is remanded to that court with directions to dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus as moot.

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  • Durham v. United States, 401 U.S. 481 (U.S. 1971)
    …r. Our cases where a petitioner dies while a review is pending are not free of ambiguity. In a recent mandamus action the petitioner died and we granted certi-orari, vacated the judgment below, and ordered the complaint dismissed. Fletcher v. Bryan, 361 U. S. 126. In a state habeas corpus case we granted certiorari and vacated the judgment so that the state court could také whatever action it deemed proper. Garvin v. Cochran, 371 U. S. 27. Our practice in cases on direct review from state convictions has bee…

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