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Parties Involved:
Ronald Mejia-Hernandez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-50611

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff–Appellee,

versus

RONALD MEJIA-HERNANDEZ,

Defendant–Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 1:15-CR-68-1

Before SMITH, WIENER, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The issue on appeal is whether 18 U.S.C. § 16(b) is unconstitutionally 

vague under Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015). This matter was 

 

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

August 25, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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put on hold awaiting a decision in No. 15-40041. That appeal has now been 

decided. See United States v. Gonzalez-Longoria, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 14460 

(5th Cir. Aug. 5, 2016) (en banc) (holding against vagueness). 

The parties have filed, at the court’s request, letter briefs addressing the 

proper disposition. The appellant’s attorney, the Federal Public Defender, 

advises that the case is moot, irrespective of the opinion in Gonzalez-Longoria, 

because the appellant has completed his term of imprisonment, has been 

released from federal custody, and presumably has been deported, and he did 

not challenge the unexpired period of supervised release. See United States v. 

Heredia-Holguin, 823 F.3d 337, 343 n.3 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc). The government urges affirmance or, in the alternative, dismissal for mootness.

The appeal is DISMISSED as moot.

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