U.S. v. Ramon

Full title: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Valentine RAMON…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Feb 3, 2003

320 F.3d 519 (5th Cir. 2003)

Opinion

No. 01-41095.

February 3, 2003.

Tony Ray Roberts, McAllen, TX, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Fed. Pub. Def., H. Michael Sokolow, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; George P. Kazen, Chief Judge.

Before GARWOOD and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.^_

_ Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

Before the mandate was issued in this case, appellant was released from federal custody, rendering his appeal on a sentencing issue moot. The previous opinion of this court, published at 310 F.3d 317, is therefore VACATED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as moot.