Michael Romeo Geraci v. United States of America

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 21-1346
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Michael Romeo Geraci
lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner - Appellant
v.
United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent - Appellee
Ned Wohlman
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of Minnesota
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Submitted: May 26, 2021
Filed: June 1, 2021
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, WOLLMAN, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

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Michael Romeo Geraci appeals following the district court’s1 dismissal of his
28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition, in which he challenged certain Bureau of Prisons
disciplinary proceedings and the recalculation of his projected release date. Having
reviewed the record, we conclude that the case is now moot. Geraci was released
from prison while this appeal was pending, and so a ruling in his favor would have
no effect on his current term of supervised release. At this time we see no collateral
consequences from the challenged disciplinary action and resulting amended release
date. See O’Neil v. United States, 966 F.3d 764, 770 n.4 (8th Cir. 2020), cert. denied,
141 S. Ct. 1419 (2021) (release from imprisonment rendered habeas claim moot
where claim challenged sentence, as there were no collateral consequences after
release); cf. United States v. Johnson, 529 U.S. 53, 54-59 (2000) (supervised release
begins when prisoner is released from prison; excess prison time served cannot offset
term of supervised release).
Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.
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1The Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Judge for the District
of Minnesota.
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