Parker v. Ellis

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Parker v. Ellis 362 U.S. 574 (1960) (per curiam) was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court granted certiorari to review dismissal of petitioner's application for a habeas corpus review. The petitioner claimed that his conviction in a state court had violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process clause. However, the petitioner was released from incarceration before his case could be heard.^[1]

[edit] Decision

The court held that the case was now moot; therefore the court had no jurisdiction to evaluate the merits of petitioner's claim. The writ of certiorari was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.^[1]