Lemon v. Rickard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ANDRE LEMON,
Petitioner
v.
WARDEN BETH RICKARD,
Respondent.
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:25-CV-00845
(MEHALCHICK, J.)
MEMORANDUM
Presently before the Court is Petitioner Andrew Lemon (“Lemon”) petition for writ of
habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. 1). Lemon seeks to be placed in a
residential re-entry center (“RRC”). (Doc. 1). It appears that Lemon has already been placed
in an RRC. Therefore, the Court will dismiss the petition as moot.
I. 	BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Lemon initiated this action by filing the instant petition on May 13, 2025. (Doc. 1).
Lemon was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution Schuylkill (“FCI-Schuylkill”)
at the time he filed his petition. (Doc. 1). In this petition, he seeks placement in an RRC
facility. (Doc. 1). Following payment of the filing fee in full on May 20, 2025, the Court
entered an order requiring Respondent to respond to the petition. (Doc. 4; Doc. 5).
Respondent filed a response on July 9, 2025. (Doc. 9). The Court received and docketed
Lemon’s traverse on August 28, 2025 and again on September 9, 2025. (Doc. 12; Doc. 13;
Doc. 14.)
In light of Lemon’s request to be released to an RRC, the Court sua sponte accessed the
Bureau 	of 	Prisons’ 	inmate 	locator, 	available 	at 	https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/, 	to
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determine whether Lemon has since been placed in a an RRC. According to the inmate
locator, however, Lemon is currently listed as in the custody of the Residential Reentry
Management felid office in Baltimore with a release date of July 6, 2027. Therefore, Lemon
is currently housed in an RRC.
II. 	D ISCUSSION
In light of Lemon’s transfer to an RRC, this matter is now moot and must be dismissed.
According 	to 	the 	mootness 	doctrine, 	“[i]f 	developments 	occur 	during 	the 	course 	of
adjudication that eliminate a plaintiff's personal stake in the outcome of a suit or prevent a
court from being able to grant the requested relief, the case must be dismissed as moot.”
Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996).
Here, Lemon sought to be transferred to an RRC. Lemon has been since transferred
to an RRC. Thus, this ground for relief is now moot.
III. 	CONCLUSION
For the above stated reasons, the Section 2241 petition will be dismissed as moot. The
Clerk of Court will be directed to close the case.
An appropriate order follows.
Dated: February 2, 2026 	s/ Karoline Mehalchick
KAROLINE MEHALCHICK
United States District Judge
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