ORDERS:
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
On April 15, 2003, W. Rutledge Martin, attorney for Respondent South Carolina Law
Enforcement Division (SLED), informed this tribunal that SLED has decided to grant Petitioner the
Concealable Weapons Permit he seeks in this matter. Accordingly, SLED now moves to dismiss
this case as moot.
The South Carolina Supreme Court has stated:
[Courts] will not pass on moot and academic questions or make an adjudication
where there remains no actual controversy. A case becomes moot when judgment,
if rendered, will have no practical legal effect upon [an] existing controversy. This
is true when some event occurs making it impossible for [a] reviewing [c]ourt to
grant effectual relief.
Jones v. Dillon-Marion Human Res. Dev. Comm’n, 277 S.C. 533, 536, 291 S.E.2d 195, 196 (1982);
see also Byrd v. Irmo High School, 321 S.C. 426, 468 S.E.2d 861 (1996). Such is the case here.
The above-captioned matter has been rendered by moot by SLED’s decision to grant Petitioner the
permit he requests.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the hearing of this matter scheduled for Thursday,
April 17, 2003 is CANCELED and this case is DISMISSED with prejudice.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
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JOHN D. GEATHERS
Administrative Law Judge
April 16, 2003
Columbia, South Carolina |
