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Parties Involved:
Mark A. Rich
Appellant
Unknown
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-7199

MARK A. RICH,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UNKNOWN,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at 

Richmond. M. Hannah Lauck, District Judge. (3:23-cv-00385-MHL-MRC)

Submitted: February 27, 2024 Decided: March 1, 2024

Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mark A. Rich, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Mark A. Rich seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice 

his civil complaint for failure to prosecute. On October 27, 2023, the district court granted 

Rich’s motion for reconsideration, vacated the dismissal order, and reopened the case. See 

Rich v. Unknown, No. 3:23-cv-00385-MHL-MRC (E.D. Va. Oct. 27, 2023). Rich’s appeal 

of that dismissal order is therefore moot. See Williams v. Ozmint, 716 F.3d 801, 809 (4th 

Cir. 2013) (“A case becomes moot when the issues presented are no longer live or the 

parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.” (internal quotation marks 

omitted)); see also Fort Knox Music Inc. v. Baptiste, 257 F.3d 108, 110 (2d Cir. 2001) 

(explaining that because “[a] vacated judgment has no effect,” an appeal from a vacated 

judgment is moot).

We therefore dismiss the appeal as moot. We dispense with oral argument because 

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court 

and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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