UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-6103

JEAN-RIBBENTROP AMAZON, Petitioner - Appellant, versus

DORIS MEISSNER, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Services; JANET RENO, U.S. Attorney General, Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior Dis- trict Judge. (CA-99-1376-AM)

Submitted: May 31, 2000 Decided: August 9, 2000

Before WIDENER, WILKINS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jean-Ribbentrop Amazon, Appellant Pro Se. James Arthur Hunolt, OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Jean-Ribbentrop Amazan* appeals from the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1994) petition, in which he challenged his detention pending deportation. Since filing this appeal, Amazan has been deported to his homeland. Because his petition attacked his con- finement only (rather than the deportation order), and because Amazan has not alleged any collateral consequences arising from his detention or deportation, his appeal is moot. See Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 7 (1998). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.

In light of this disposition, we also deny Amazan’s motion for appointment of counsel. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate- rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

* This case was docketed under the name “Amazon” in the dis- trict court and this Court.