Case: 23-11163 Document: 53-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/10/2024

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 23-11163 Summary Calendar FILED ____________ October 10, 2024 Lyle W. Cayce United States of America, Clerk Plaintiff—Appellee, versus William Morris Risby, Defendant—Appellant. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:23-CR-99-1 ______________________________ Before King, Southwick, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam: * William Morris Risby appeals the district court’s order denying release pending sentencing. Because Risby has been sentenced, his appeal is moot. See 18 U.S.C. § 3143(a)(1). We lack the power to decide moot questions, that is, “when, by virtue of an intervening event, a court of appeals cannot grant any effectual relief whatever in favor of the appellant.”

_____________________ * This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

Case: 23-11163 Document: 53-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 10/10/2024

No. 23-11163

Calderon v. Moore, 518 U.S. 149, 150 (1996) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).

Accordingly, Risby’s appeal is DISMISSED as moot.