     Case: 10-51159       Document: 00512100341         Page: 1     Date Filed: 01/03/2013




           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                                            FILED
                                                                          January 3, 2013
                                     No. 10-51159
                                   Summary Calendar                        Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk

RICARDO CARDENAS-ROMO,

                                                  Petitioner-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; WARDEN, RCDC III; BUREAU OF
PRISONS; U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,

                                                  Respondents-Appellees


                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:10-CV-96


Before KING, CLEMENT, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
       Ricardo Cardenas-Romo, former federal prisoner # 23653-208, appeals the
denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging his exclusion from
rehabilitation programs and halfway houses. As Cardenas-Romo has been
released from Bureau of Prisons custody, we grant Respondents’ motion to
dismiss the appeal as moot. See Calderon v. Moore, 518 U.S. 149, 150 (1996).




       *
         Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
    Case: 10-51159     Document: 00512100341     Page: 2   Date Filed: 01/03/2013

                                  No. 10-51159

Respondents’ alternative motion for an extension of time to file a brief is denied
as unnecessary.
      MOTION TO DISMISS GRANTED; APPEAL DISMISSED; MOTION FOR
AN EXTENSION OF TIME DENIED.




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