USA v. Carlos Ruiz-Garcia, No. 20-50706 (5th Cir. 2020)
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Case: 20-50706 Document: 00515630140 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/06/2020 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 20-50706 Summary Calendar November 6, 2020 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk United States of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, versus Carlos Eduardo Ruiz-Garcia, Defendant—Appellant. 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:* 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772 F.2d 112, 113 (5th * Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4. Case: 20-50706 Document: 00515630140 Page: 2 Date Filed: 11/06/2020 No. 20-50706 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. 2
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