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finding moot appeal of pretrial detention order after guilty plea
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No. 20-50706
11-06-2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. CARLOS EDUARDO RUIZ-GARCIA, Defendant—Appellant.
Summary Calendar Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 4:20-CR-358-1 Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:
Pursuant to 5TH CIRCUIT RULE 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIRCUIT RULE 47.5.4. --------
Carlos Eduardo Ruiz-Garcia appeals the district court's order of pretrial detention. Because he has pleaded guilty and the district court has accepted his plea, his appeal is moot. See United States v. Ramirez, 145 F.3d 345, 356 (5th Cir. 1998); United States v. O'Saughnessy, 772 F.2d 112, 113 (5th Cir. 1985). We lack the power to decide moot questions, that is, "when, by virtue of an intervening event, a court of appeals cannot grant any effectual relief whatever in favor of the appellant." Calderon v. Moore, 518 U.S. 149, 150 (1996) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
Accordingly, Ruiz-Garcia's appeal is DISMISSED as moot.