IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ___________________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 18-50668 March 18, 2019 ___________________ Lyle W. Cayce UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Clerk

Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DIEGO SANTOS-FERRUFINO, Defendant-Appellant.

_______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 4:18-CR-64-1 _______________________ Before OWEN, WILLETT, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM*: We DENY the government’s unopposed motion to dismiss this appeal as moot. The district court lacked jurisdiction to modify its sentence while this appeal was pending. See United States v. Lucero, --- F. App’x ----, No.17-50709, 2018 WL 6200326, at *1 (5th Cir. Nov. 27, 2018).

* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.

No. 18-50668 We GRANT the government’s alternative motion to extend time to file its brief for 30 days from the entry of this order. If the government (the movant below) wishes to take advantage of the indicative ruling scheme, then it should comply with that scheme’s procedures. See FED. R. CRIM. P. 37(b); FED. R. APP. P. 12.1(a).