United States v. Mata-Delgado ( 2002 )

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-41282
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
DAVID MATA-DELGADO,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. B-00-CR-202-1
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June 26, 2002
Before DAVIS, BENAVIDES, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
David Mata-Delgado pleaded guilty to possession with intent
to distribute marijuana and was sentenced to 18 months of
imprisonment. On direct appeal, this court vacated Mata-
Delgado’s judgment of conviction, and remanded the matter to the
district court for resentencing. United States v. Mata-Delgado,
No. 00-41008 (5th Cir. Aug. 6, 2001) (unpublished). In acting on
the remand from this court, the district court did not enter a
new judgment of conviction nor did it reinstate the prior
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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 CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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judgment. The district court found that “the matter is moot
inasmuch as [Mata-Delgado] has served his sentence and is
deported from the United States.”
Mata-Delgado’s case presents the peculiar circumstance in
which an individual has served his sentence and been deported
based on a judgment of conviction that has been vacated and
remanded for resentencing. There is no dispute that it is
illegal for Mata-Delgado, who has been deported, to reenter the
United States without the permission of the Attorney General of
the United States. 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). Mata-Delgado may not
reenter the United States to be present for resentencing, the
only relief possible in this case. As there is no relief we can
grant Mata-Delgado, his appeal is moot. United States v. Clark,
193 F.3d 845, 847-8 (5th Cir. 1999). Accordingly, this appeal is
DISMISSED as moot.
APPEAL DISMISSED.