UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 20-6736

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JOEL DEVON ARTIS, Defendant - Appellant.

No. 20-6739

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JOEL DEVON ARTIS, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:12-cr-00091-D-1; 5:12-cr-00342-D-1)

Submitted: March 3, 2021 Decided: March 8, 2021 Before WYNN, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

G. Alan DuBois, Federal Public Defender, Stephen C. Gordon, Assistant Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United States Attorney, Banumathi Rangarajan, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Joel Devon Artis appealed the district court’s order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion for compassionate release. While the appeals were pending, Artis died on December 20, 2020. Accordingly, we dismiss these appeals as moot. 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