Henry Jacob PARKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Brian BELLEQUE, Respondent-Appellee, 404 F. App'x 131

MEMORANDUM Henry Jacob Parker appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus as moot. We reverse and remand. Parker argues that because he is currently subject to parole conditions, he is suffering an actual injury and thus his habeas petition is not moot. We agree. Although a habeas petition may be mooted by the prisoner’s outright release, see Lane v. Williams, 455 U.S. 624, 102 S.Ct. 1322, 71 L.Ed.2d 508 (1982), prisoners released on parole “have not completed their sentences, they are serving them.” United States v. Betts, 511 F.3d 872, 876 (9th Cir.2007).

Because Parker is still serving the parole portion of his sentence, his petition is not moot. Because the district court dismissed Parker’s petition on the basis of mootness, it did not evaluate his constitutional challenges to the Parole Board’s 2005 parole release determination. This matter is therefore remanded for consideration of the merits of Parker’s constitutional claims. REVERSED AND REMANDED. This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.