Green v. Arn, s. 85-3745
| Citation | 839 F.2d 300 |
| Decision Date | 22 February 1988 |
| Docket Number | 85-3796,Nos. 85-3745,s. 85-3745 |
| Parties | Pamela D. GREEN, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Dorothy J. ARN, Respondent-Appellant, Cross-Appellee. |
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (6th Circuit) |
Paul Mancino, Jr. (argued), Cleveland, Ohio, for petitioner-appellee, cross-appellant.
Stuart A. Cole (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for respondent-appellant, cross-appellee.
Before JONES, MILBURN, and BOGGS, Circuit Judges.
This case is before the court on remand from the United States Supreme Court, --- U.S. ----, 108 S.Ct. 52, 98 L.Ed.2d 17, for us to consider the question of mootness. Petitioner Pamela D. Green filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The district court granted the petitioner's application for the writ, holding that petitioner's convictions on two counts of kidnapping in violation of Ohio Rev.Code Sec. 2905.01 and on three counts of gross sexual imposition in violation of petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to counsel. The controlling issue on appeal was whether harmless error analysis was appropriate where a petitioner demonstrated she was unrepresented by counsel for a critical period of time during the taking of evidence against her at trial. A majority of the panel which heard the appeal answered this question in the negative and affirmed the district court in a decision filed on January 27, 1987. Green v. Arn, 809 F.2d 1257 (6th Cir.1987).
Following the remand, we ordered the parties hereto to submit briefs on the question of mootness, and they have complied. The parties state in their briefs that on May 23, 1986, during the pendency of the appeal to the United States Supreme Court, petitioner was released from imprisonment at the Woman's Correctional Facility at Marysville, Ohio. She was released to a halfway house in Columbus, Ohio, until January 5, 1987, and on that date her status was that of a parole release. She remained on parole until February 10, 1987, when she was released from supervision. These facts are not disputed in the parties' briefs.
The sole question now before this court is whether the release from parole of petitioner has mooted her habeas corpus action. On the one hand, petitioner Green argues in her brief that the matter is moot because this court is "without power to decide questions that cannot affect the right of litigants in the case before [it]." Brief at 3. On the other hand, respondent State of Ohio argues in its brief that, because collateral consequences may flow from the criminal conviction, petitioner's "habeas corpus action is not mooted by [her] unconditional release from custody so long as the prisoner is in custody at the time of the filing of the habeas corpus petition." Brief at 1.
In Carafas v. LaVallee, 391 U.S. 234, 88 S.Ct. 1556, 20 L.Ed.2d 554 (1968), the Supreme Court recognized that, because significant collateral consequences flow from a criminal conviction, a habeas petition is not mooted merely by the petitioner's release from custody. This court has consistently adhered to that rule. See, e.g., Ward v. Knoblock, 738 F.2d 134 (6th Cir.1984)...
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