Robert G. Rocky v. John T. King, Secretary of Louisiana Dept. Of Corrections

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• recognizing the narrow scope of the inherently transitory exception
• “a mootness issue quite clearly can be raised sua sponte if not addressed by the parties”
• inmate's claim for injunctive and declaratory relief concerning conditions in the prison field became moot when he was removed from the field
• purported class action is moot when the named plaintiff’s individual claim became moot before class certification
• \The mootness doctrine requires that the controversy posed by the plaintiff's complaint be `live' . . . throughout the litigation.\
• “This Court generally has concurred with the proposition that a purported class action is moot where the named plaintiff’s individual claim became moot before class certification.”

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