USA v. Broderick Tramaine Young

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In the
United States Court of Appeals
For the Eleventh Circuit
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No. 23-13056
Non-Argument Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
BRODERICK TRAMAINE YOUNG,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Alabama
D.C. Docket No. 1:22-cr-00168-KD-B-1
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2 Opinion of the Court 23-13056
Before ROSENBAUM, B RANCH, and L UCK , Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
We issued a jurisdictional question (“JQ”) about the validity
of this appeal that Broderick Young filed on September 15, 2023,
given the district court’s September 22, 2023, order vacating the
original judgment and its entry of an amended judgment on Octo-
ber 19, 2023. The government responded that this appeal should
be dismissed as moot and that Young may file a new appeal from
the amended judgment. Young has filed a new, separate appeal
from the amended judgment within the extended time period set
by the district court.
We agree that this appeal is moot in light of the district
court’s order vacating the original judgment. See Zinni v. ER Solu-
tions, 692 F.3d 1162, 1166 (11th Cir. 2012) (explaining that a federal
court has no authority to give opinions upon moot questions or
abstract propositions, or to declare principles or rules of law which
cannot affect the matter in issue in the case before it); Friends of Ev-
erglades v. S. Fla. Water Mgmt. Dist., 570 F.3d 1210, 1216 (11th Cir.
2009) (“An issue is moot ‘when it no longer presents a live contro-
versy with respect to which the court can give meaningful relief.’”).
Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdic-
tion. All pending motions are DENIED as moot.
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