Duane Joseph Smith v. Thomas E. Hundley Paul Hedgepeth James G. Helling Vande Krol, as Chaplain

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• holding that an inmate’s release or transfer from a facility moots claims for injunctive relief _ regarding the conditions of that facility
• holding that inmate’s request for declaratory relief was moot when he was transferred to a different facility and was no longer subject to the conditions he alleged violated his rights
• holding that “an inmate’s claims for declaratory and injunctive relief to improve prison conditions were moot when he was transferred to another facility and no longer subject to those conditions”
• holding that pro se pleadings are afforded a liberal construction
• finding that an inmate’s transfer to a new facility weeks before atrial for violating his First Amendment rights mooted his claims for injunctive relief
• finding that an inmate’s transfer to a new facility weeks before a trial for violation of his First Amendment rights mooted his claims for injunctive relief

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