Opinion ID: 716394
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Text: 3 Although the district court and the parties failed to address this issue, we must raise jurisdictional issues sua sponte. See MacKay v. Pfeil, 827 F.2d 540, 542 (9th Cir.1987). Federal courts lack jurisdiction to hear moot cases, because the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome. Reimers v. Oregon, 863 F.2d 630, 632 (9th Cir.1988). 4 Here, Thomas sought both injunctive relief and damages in his section 1983 action. Thomas, however, was released from prison while his lawsuit was pending before the district court. Thus, Thomas's claim for injunctive relief became moot. See Dilley v. Gunn, 64 F.3d 1365, 1368 (9th Cir.1995). 5 Accordingly, we dismiss Thomas's appeal of the district court's judgment addressing injunctive relief as moot. See Dilley, 64 F.3d at 1368.