
    Patrick Aubrey HODGSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Timothy S. AITKEN, Officer-in-Charge, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 01-55797. D.C. No. CV-00-08116-CW.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    March 11, 2002.
    
    March 21, 2002.
    
      Before CANBY, BEEZER, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See 
        Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2). Accordingly, Hodgson's request for oral argument is denied.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Patrick Aubrey Hodgson appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition challenging his detention by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. We dismiss the appeal as moot. Cf. Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 8-16, 118 S.Ct. 978, 140 L.Ed.2d 43 (1998) (holding petitioner’s subsequent release rendered petition moot because petitioner could no longer satisfy case or controversy requirement).

DISMISSED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
     