United States v. Christopher Bloomfield , 547 F. App'x 315 ( 2013 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 13-4394
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff - Appellee,
    v.
    CHRISTOPHER JESSIE BLOOMFIELD,
    Defendant - Appellant.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    South Carolina, at Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge.
    (4:09-cr-01135-RBH-1)
    Submitted:   November 18, 2013            Decided:   December 4, 2013
    Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    William F. Nettles, IV, Assistant Federal Public Defender,
    Florence, South Carolina, for Appellant. Arthur Bradley Parham,
    Assistant United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina, for
    Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Christopher         Jessie     Bloomfield           appeals       the   district
    court’s    order       revoking    his     term         of    supervised       release     and
    imposing     a    four-month           sentence        with     no    further       term    of
    supervised       release.       Counsel       has       filed    a    brief    pursuant      to
    Anders v. California, 
    386 U.S. 738
    (1967), stating that there
    are no meritorious issues for appeal but questioning whether
    Bloomfield’s       revocation          sentence         is      reasonable.          Because
    Bloomfield’s appeal is moot, we dismiss the appeal.
    Bloomfield’s present term of supervised release began
    in   September      2012.         In    March      2013,        the   probation      officer
    petitioned       the    court     for    an   arrest          warrant,     alleging        that
    Bloomfield had violated several terms of his supervised release.
    After   Bloomfield        admitted       to   violating          these    terms      of    his
    supervised release, the court revoked his supervised release and
    sentenced him to four months’ imprisonment, but did not impose
    an additional term of supervised release.
    During      the     pendency      of       this   appeal,     Bloomfield        was
    released     from       imprisonment.                  Accordingly,        his      argument
    challenging      the    reasonableness            of    his   revocation       sentence      is
    moot.     See United States v. Hardy, 
    545 F.3d 280
    , 282-85 (4th
    Cir. 2008) (holding that, when defendant is no longer serving
    revocation sentence and no additional term of supervised release
    is imposed, appeal is moot); Friedman’s, Inc. v. Dunlap, 290
    
    2 F.3d 191
    , 197 (4th Cir. 2002) (whether this court is “presented
    with a live case or controversy is a question [the court] may
    raise sua sponte since mootness goes to the heart of the Article
    III     jurisdiction      of    the     courts”          (internal        quotation     marks
    omitted)).
    In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record
    in this case and have found no meritorious issues for appeal.
    Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as moot.                         This court requires
    that    counsel    inform      Bloomfield,         in    writing,     of    his    right   to
    petition    the    Supreme      Court    of       the    United     States    for     further
    review.     If Bloomfield requests that a petition be filed, but
    counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then
    counsel    may    move    in    this    court       for     leave    to     withdraw    from
    representation.        Counsel’s motion must state that a copy thereof
    was served on Bloomfield.
    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
    3
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 13-4394

Citation Numbers: 547 F. App'x 315

Judges: Wilkinson, Shedd, Davis

Filed Date: 12/4/2013

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/6/2024