Case: 22-20534 Document: 00516789572 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/16/2023

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit ____________ FILED June 16, 2023 No. 22-20534 Lyle W. Cayce Summary Calendar Clerk ____________ Austin Thompson Hughes, Plaintiff—Appellee, versus Art Acevedo; Michael Garcia; Joshua Few; James Seymour, Defendants—Appellants. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 4:21-CV-1994 ______________________________ Before Clement, Southwick, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam: * This case involves claims of unlawful arrest and assertions of qualified immunity. But the appellants here appealed not a written final judgment, but rather oral statements made during a status hearing on a motion to dismiss.

Then, when the district court eventually memorialized those statements in writing and declined to dismiss the case on qualified immunity grounds, the _____________________ * This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

Case: 22-20534 Document: 00516789572 Page: 2 Date Filed: 06/16/2023

No. 22-20534

appellants again appealed. That second appeal has been docketed separately, rendering this first appeal moot. See FTC v. Nat’l Bus. Consultants, Inc., 376 F.3d 317, 318 n.1 (5th Cir. 2004).

Thus, this case is DISMISSED AS MOOT.