Hawkins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS, Case No. 21-cv-01119-BAS-BGS

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AS MOOT (ECF No. 1) WILLIAM D. GORE, SHERIFF,

Respondent. 16 17 18 On June 14, 2021, Petitioner Christopher Hawkins filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking release from Respondent’s custody on the ground that he was denied right to a speedy trial and his counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to secure him timely trial. (Pet., ECF No. 1.) Since then, Hawkins was tried, found guilty, and released from Respondent’s custody for time served. (ECF No. 8-1.) Respondent requests the petition be dismissed as moot, and Hawkins has not opposed the request. (ECF No. 8.) 26 27 1 The Court notes that mail sent to Hawkins’s jail address has been returned as undeliverable. 28 Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, federal courts “shall entertain an application for a…