Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond Roger SURRATT, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. Steven Harris Goldblatt, Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Douglas A. Berman, Professor, Amici Supporting Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-04-21
Citations: 855 F.3d 218
Docket Number: No. 14-6851
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond Roger SURRATT, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. Steven Harris Goldblatt, Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Douglas A. Berman, Professor, Amici Supporting Appellant.
Judges: Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, MOTZ, TRAXLER, KING, SHEDD, DUNCAN, AGEE, KEENAN, WYNN, DIAZ, FLOYD, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 855
Pages: 218–233

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond Roger SURRATT, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. Steven Harris Goldblatt, Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Douglas A. Berman, Professor, Amici Supporting Appellant.
No. 14-6851
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Argued: March 23, 2016
Decided: April 21, 2017
ARGUED: Ann Loraine Hester, FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, INC., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Michael R. Dreeben, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Steven Harris Goldblatt, GEORGETOWN. UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C., as Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel. Erika L. Maley, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae. ON BRIEF: Ross Hall Richardson, Executive Director, Charlotte, North Carolina, Joshua B. Carpenter, FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, INC., Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellant. Scott A.C. Meisler, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Nina Goodman, Lena Hughes, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Anne M. Tompkins, United States Attorney, Jill Westmoreland Rose, United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, Amy E. Ray, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee. Ruthanne M. Deutsch, Shon Hopwood, Supervising Attorneys, Utsav Gupta, William Hornbeck, Meredith Wood, Ryan W. Cooke, Courtney A. Elgart, Elizabeth Sebesky, Student Counsel, Appellate Litigation Program, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel. Douglas A. Berman, Professor of Law, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio; Jeffrey T. Green, Kimberly A. Leaman, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, MOTZ, TRAXLER, KING, SHEDD, DUNCAN, AGEE, KEENAN, WYNN, DIAZ, FLOYD, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
By order dated February 14, 2017, the court directed the parties to address the impact of the President's commutation of Appellant Surratt's sentence and, in particular, the questions of mootness and jurisdiction. Upon consideration of the responses to the court's order, the court finds this appeal to be moot.
The appeal is, accordingly, dismissed as moot.
Entered at the direction of Chief Judge Gregory for the Court.