UNITED STATES v. GONZALEZ ABREU (2018)

[Unpublished]

Robisdel Gonzalez-Abreu, pursuant to a plea agreement, pleaded guilty to identify theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(7). The district court sentenced Gonzalez-Abreu to 30 months’ imprisonment. The court did not impose a term of supervised release. Gonzalez-Abreu appeals his sentence, arguing procedural error and substantive unreasonableness.

The case was submitted to our court on February 12, 2018. However, the Bureau of Prisons website shows that Gonzalez-Abreu was released from federal custody on July 12, 2018, while this matter was still under advisement. See Find an Inmate, Fed. Bureau of Prisons, https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/. Because Gonzalez-Abreu has been discharged from prison and is not under supervision, this appeal is moot. See United States v. Hill, 889 F.3d 953, 954 (8th Cir. 2018) (holding defendant’s appeal of sentence was rendered moot by his release from federal custody); United States v. Aden, 830 F.3d 812, 816 (8th Cir. 2016) (“[The appellant] was released from custody on April 29, 2016, and this appeal was submitted on May 31, 2016. As such, even if the court abused its discretion, which we would find that it did not, this issue is moot.”); see also Calderon v. Moore, 518 U.S. 149, 116 S.Ct. 2066, 135 L.Ed.2d 453 (1996) (per curiam) (when event occurs during pendency of appeal that renders it impossible for court to grant appellant any effectual relief whatsoever, appeal should be dismissed as moot).

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal as moot.

PER CURIAM.