Christian Taylor v. Sinan Kamal, No. 23-6109 (4th Cir. 2023)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 23-6109 CHRISTIAN TAYLOR, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. SINAN KAMAL, MD, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. James P. Jones, Senior District Judge. (7:22-cv-00283-JPJ-PMS) Submitted: November 21, 2023 Decided: November 28, 2023 Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Christian Taylor, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Christian Taylor seeks to appeal the district court’s November 15, 2022, order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action without prejudice for failure to comply with the court’s order to file an amended complaint. We dismiss Taylor’s appeal as moot. “[A] case is moot when the issues presented are no longer ‘live’ or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.” United States v. Hardy, 545 F.3d 280, 283 (4th Cir. 2008) (internal quotation marks omitted). “[I]f an event occurs while a case is pending on appeal that makes it impossible for the court to grant any effectual relief whatever to a prevailing party, the appeal must be dismissed.” Incumaa v. Ozmint, 507 F.3d 281, 286 (4th Cir. 2007) (internal quotation marks omitted). During the pendency of this appeal, the district court granted Taylor’s motion for reconsideration, reinstated his case, and deemed his amended complaint timely filed. Because there is no relief we can grant Taylor on appeal, we dismiss the appeal as moot. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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