ORDERS:
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
On May 28, 2003, Major Mark A. Keel, attorney for Respondent South Carolina Law
Enforcement Division (SLED), informed this tribunal that SLED has decided to renew Petitioner’s
registration as a private security officer and thereby grant him the relief 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
renewed registration he requests.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the hearing of this matter scheduled for Tuesday, June
10, 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
May 29, 2003
Columbia, South Carolina |