Nilo Hernandez v. Louie L. Wainwright

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• holding habeas petition moot where petitioner attacked state’s calculation of gain time credits and petitioner was no longer in custody
• affirming the dismissal of a § 2254 petition for lack of jurisdiction as moot because the petitioner attacked the State’s calculation of his gain time credits, and the petitioner was no longer in custody
• affirming the dismissal of a § 2254 petition for lack of jurisdiction as moot because the petitioner attacked the State’s calculation of his gain time credits, and the petitioner was no longer in custody
• affirming the district court’s dismissal of a habeas petition brought under § 2254 because the petitioner was released from custody, and “there was no possibility that the length of his sentence would have collateral legal consequences”
• “It is the existence of the underlying conviction, however, rather than the length of confinement, which creates the necessity to consider collateral consequences . . .”

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