Filed: Oct. 07, 2021
Latest Update: Oct. 08, 2021
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 20-7001
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
MOSHIN RAZA,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:15-cr-00118-CMH-1)
Submitted: September 24, 2021 Decided: October 7, 2021
Before NIEMEYER, KING, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Charles Burnham, BURNHAM & GOROKHOV PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.
G. Zachary Terwilliger, United States Attorney, Jack Hanly, Assistant United States
Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Mohsin Raza appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for
compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), as amended by the First Step Act
of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 603(b)(1), 132 Stat. 5194, 5239. However, after the district
court’s order, Raza was released from prison. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as moot.
See United States v. Springer,
715 F.3d 535, 540 (4th Cir. 2013) (“Mootness is a
jurisdictional question and thus may be raised sua sponte by a federal court at any stage of
proceedings.”). 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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