United States v. Wilson
United States v. Wilson
Opinion
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
James Kelvin Wilson appeals the sentence of eight months of imprisonment imposed by the district court upon revocation of his term of supervised release. On appeal, he argues that the sentence is unreasonable because the district court failed to consider the required factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) (2006), and failed to adequately explain its reasons for imposing the sentence. The Government responds, asserting that the sentence is not plainly unreasonable and should be affirmed.
During the pendency of this appeal, Wilson completed the term of imprisonment imposed by the district court. The court’s sentence did not include any additional term of supervised release. In this case, as a result of Wilson’s release, “there is no wrong to remedy and an appeal should ... be dismissed ... when, by virtue of an intervening event, a court of appeals cannot grant any effectual relief whatever in favor of the appellant.” United States v. Hardy, 545 F.3d 280, 285 (4th Cir. 2008) (quoting Calderon v. Moore, 518 U.S. 149, 150, 116 S.Ct. 2066, 135 L.Ed.2d 453 (1996)) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as moot. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.
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