U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2025

Iribhogbe v. Shannon

Iribhogbe v. Shannon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided August 27, 2025

Iribhogbe v. Shannon

Opinion

Case: 24-40718 Document: 57-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/27/2025

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit

No. 24-40718 FILED August 27, 2025 Summary Calendar ____________ Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Edgal Iribhogbe, Petitioner—Appellant, versus Shannon T. Clark, Respondent—Appellee. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas USDC No. 4:23-CV-370 ______________________________ Before King, Haynes, and Ho, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam: * Edgal Iribhogbe, federal prisoner # 66389-509, appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging his detention while awaiting trial for charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He has been convicted and sentenced on those charges.

“Whether an appeal is moot is a jurisdictional matter, since it implicates the _____________________ * This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

Case: 24-40718 Document: 57-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 08/27/2025

No. 24-40718

Article III requirement that there be a live case or controversy.” United States v. Heredia-Holguin, 823 F.3d 337, 340 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). A petitioner’s conviction moots his appeal of the dismissal of a § 2241 petition seeking release from pretrial detention. Fassler v. United States, 858 F.2d 1016, 1017-18 (5th Cir. 1988). Thus, this appeal is now moot. See id.; see also Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 228-29 (5th Cir. 1993).

Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.

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