Wallace Ward v. John Dobre

26 F.3d 135 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Wallace WARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOBRE, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-15146. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 12, 1994. * Decided May 19, 1994. Before: GOODWIN, POOLE and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Wallace Ward appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his habeas corpus petition as moot, following his release from prison. We affirm. I. 3 Ward's petition challenges Nevada federal prison officials' decision to discipline him for operating a business while in prison. He alleges that the charges were without merit and were instituted in order to punish him for expressing his political views, and thus violate the First Amendment. In addition, he contends that prison officials subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment, violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel by transferring him from a Nevada Prison camp to a similar California camp in order to…