Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Alexis HINES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-05-13
Citations: 425 F. App'x 343
Docket Number: No. 10-20242
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Alexis HINES, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 425
Pages: 343–343

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Alexis HINES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-20242
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 13, 2011.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Bruce Cameron Kaye, Esq., Law Offices of Bruce C. Kaye, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, BENAVIDES, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Alexis Hines appeals from the revocation of her probation and the imposition of an eight-month term of postrevocation imprisonment. No additional term of probation or supervised release was imposed upon revocation. Hines completed her term of imprisonment while her appeal was pending, and she has been released from prison. Her court-appointed counsel has now moved to withdraw. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).
This appeal requires us to examine sua sponte the basis of our jurisdiction. See Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir.1987). Section 2 of Article III of the Constitution limits federal court jurisdiction to actual cases and controversies. Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 7, 118 S.Ct. 978, 140 L.Ed.2d 43 (1998). The case-or-controversy requirement demands that "some concrete and continuing injury other than the now-ended incarceration or parole — some collateral consequence of the conviction — must exist if the suit is to be maintained." Id. at 7, 118 S.Ct. 978 (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Because Hines has completed the entire sentence imposed for her probation revocation, there is no case or controversy for us to address. See Spencer, 523 U.S. at 7, 14-18, 118 S.Ct. 978; United States v. Clark, 193 F.3d 845, 847-48 (5th Cir.1999).
For the foregoing reasons, this appeal is DISMISSED as moot. Consequently, counsel's motion to withdraw is DENIED as unnecessary.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.