United States v. Daryl Fuller ( 2020 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 20-6731
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
DARYL ANDRE FULLER,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Spartanburg. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., Senior District Judge. (7:98-cr-00076-HMH-1)
Submitted: September 22, 2020 Decided: September 25, 2020
Before NIEMEYER, KEENAN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Daryl Andre Fuller, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Darryl Andre Fuller appeals the district court’s order denying without prejudice his
motion for compassionate release from custody. During the pendency of this appeal,
Fuller’s sentence was amended to time-served and he was released from custody. We must
address sua sponte whether an issue on appeal presents “a live case or controversy . . . since
mootness goes to the heart of the Article III jurisdiction of the courts.” Castendet-Lewis v.
Sessions, 855 F.3d 253, 260 (4th Cir. 2017). Because Fuller has already served his term of
imprisonment and the district court did not impose any additional term of supervised
release, there is no longer a live controversy regarding his sentence. Therefore, his appeal
is moot and we dismiss it accordingly. See United States v. Hardy, 545 F.3d 280, 283-84
(4th Cir. 2008). 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
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