United States v. Ruiz-Garcia

United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit

No. 20-50706
Summary Calendar

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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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.
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
November 6, 2020

Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
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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.
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