Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lawrence HUMPHREY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-09-20
Citations: 668 F. App'x 634
Docket Number: No. 15-30876
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lawrence HUMPHREY, Defendant-Appellant
Judges: Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 668
Pages: 634–635

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lawrence HUMPHREY, Defendant-Appellant
No. 15-30876
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Date Filed: 09/20/2016
Myers P. Namie, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, Cristina Walker, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Lawrence Humphrey, Pro Se.
Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Lawrence Humphrey, federal prisoner #13885-035, appeals the district court's denial of his motion to appeal in forma pauperis (IFP) from the denial of his motion -under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging his conviction and sentence for various firearms offenses. He moves for leave to proceed IFP in this appeal.
We must first examine whether we have jurisdiction to consider this appeal. See Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir. 1987). Article III of the Constitution authorizes federal courts to "adjudicate only actual, ongoing cases or controversies." Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp., 494 U.S. 472, 477, 110 S.Ct. 1249, 108 L.Ed.2d 400 (1990). The case-or-eontrover-sy requirement applies to all stages of litigation from the trial level through the appellate process. Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 7, 118 S.Ct. 978, 140 L.Ed.2d 43 (1998). An appeal is moot where the court can no longer grant any effectual relief to the prevailing party. Motient Corp. v. Dondero, 529 F.3d 532, 537 (5th Cir. 2008). Because mootness implicates Article Ill's case-or-controversy requirement, it is an issue of jurisdiction. Bailey v. Southerland, 821 F.2d 277, 278 (5th Cir. 1987).
We have already disposed of Humphrey's appeal from the denial of § 2255 relief. Accordingly, this appeal and Humphrey's motion before this court to proceed IFP are moot. See Motient Corp., 529 F.3d at 537; Bailey, 821 F.2d at 278.
MOTION TO PROCEED IFP DENIED AS MOOT; APPEAL DISMISSED AS MOOT.
Pursuant to 5th Cíe. 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.