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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Colleen Ann Harris, No. 2:18-cv-359 KJM AC Petitioner, ORDER Vv. Molly Hill, 1S Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner with a pending petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See First Am. Pet., ECF No. 23. Petitioner’s counsel notified the court that on June 24, 2022, petitioner died in San Bernardino, California, in the Chino Valley Medical Center. See Cal. Inst. Women 20 Letter, Status Rep., ECF No. 42-1; Status Rep., ECF No. 41. Respondent has confirmed it no longer has custody of the petitioner and stipulates to dismissal of the case without prejudice. Notice, ECF No. 43. Federal courts have jurisdiction over cases and controversies. U.S. Const. art. III, § 2. “A case becomes moot—and therefore no longer a ‘Case’ or ‘Controversy’ for purposes of 25 Article I1J]—‘when the issues presented are no longer ‘live’ or the parties lack a legally cognizable …