Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Supreme Court proceedings had to be struck out as moot after the appellant's request
Decisão extraída
Yes. In the circumstances, the case was to be removed from the docket as moot.
Fundamentação extraída
Because the appellant expressly stated that his submission should not be treated as a complaint to the Federal Supreme Court and requested discontinuance, the matter became moot and had to be struck out under the applicable procedural rules.