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Parties Involved:
Cynthia Beltran
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-40986

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

CYNTHIA BELTRAN,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 2:15-CR-222-2

Before JONES, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Pursuant to a written plea agreement, Defendant-Appellant Cynthia 

Beltran pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens. She 

was sentenced to (1) eight months of imprisonment and (2) three years of 

supervised release. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether Beltran’s eightmonth term of imprisonment is procedurally and substantively unreasonable.

 

* 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 17, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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On April 8, 2016, while this appeal was pending, Beltran completed her 

term of imprisonment and was released by the Bureau of Prisons. Accordingly, 

we consider sua sponte whether Beltran’s appeal is moot. See Bailey v. 

Southerland, 821 F.2d 277, 278 (5th Cir. 1987).

Although Beltran, a United States citizen, is currently serving a term of 

supervised release, she raises no challenge to the term or conditions of her 

supervised release. Rather, she challenges only her now-expired term of 

imprisonment. Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED AS MOOT. Cf. United 

States v. Heredia-Holguin, 823 F.3d 336, 340 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc).

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