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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Carlos Joel ROSARIO-SOLIS, also known as Baina, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 11-20684
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    April 17, 2013.
    John Richard Berry, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Before REAVLEY, JOLLY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Carlos Joel Rosario-Solis (Rosario) appeals the within-guidelines sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction of conspiracy to commit and to aid and abet the commission of certain offenses against the United States relating to fraud and misuse of visas and similar documents. He argues, for the first time on appeal, that the sentence imposed was substantively unreasonable because it was greater than necessary to achieve the sentencing objectives set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).

Defense counsel concedes that Rosario has been released from prison and deported. Relying on United States v. Lares-Meraz, 452 F.3d 352, 354-55 (5th Cir. 2006), however, Rosario argues that his appeal is not moot.

Whether an appeal is moot is a jurisdictional issue. Lares-Meraz, 452 F.3d at 354-55. Rosario’s attack on his sentence has been rendered moot by his deportation because there is no relief that this court may grant him with respect to his sentence. See United States v. Rosenbaum-Alanis, 483 F.3d 381, 383 (5th Cir.2007). Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.