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Case: 22-40190         Document: 00516886598             Page: 1      Date Filed: 09/07/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                                                                    United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                             Fifth Circuit

                                                                                           FILED
                                                                                    September 7, 2023
                                        No. 22-40190                                  Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                           Clerk

   Randall T. Greenough,

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   Sharilla Gray,

                                                                    Defendant—Appellee.

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Eastern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 9:21-CV-75

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          Randall T. Greenough, an inmate confined at the Polunsky Unit of the
   Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division,
   appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for default judgment.
          We previously remanded this case to the district court for the limited
   purpose of clarifying whether a final judgment had issued. On August 29,
   2023, the district court clarified that although it had previously entered final

          *
              This order is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-40190

   judgment in Greenough’s case, it had since granted Greenough’s motion to
   alter or amend judgment, which reinstated the case on the court’s active
   docket. Accordingly, this court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal. See Adult
   Film Ass’n of Am., Inc. v. Thetford, 776 F.2d 113, 115 (5th Cir. 1985) (holding
   that orders denying default judgment are not subject to interlocutory appeal).
          This case is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.               Further,
   Greenough’s outstanding motion for rehearing en banc is DENIED as
   moot, as the opinion on which Greenough seeks rehearing has already been
   withdrawn.

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