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Date Created: 2024-04-24 00:00:42.330478+00
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Case: 22-50892   Document: 97-1     Page: 1    Date Filed: 04/23/2024

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

                          No. 22-50892
                                                                  FILED
                                                              April 23, 2024
                         ____________
                                                             Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                         Clerk

                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                               versus

Nolyn Wayne Mcmaryion,

                                                Defendant—Appellant,

                     consolidated with
                       _____________

                          No. 22-50894
                        _____________

United States of America,

                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                               versus

Nolyn McMaryion,

                                     Defendant—Appellant.
            ______________________________

            Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Western District of Texas
             USDC Nos. 7:22-CR-86-1, 7:17-CR-233-1
Case: 22-50892            Document: 97-1         Page: 2      Date Filed: 04/23/2024

                   ______________________________

Before Higginbotham, Smith, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       Attorney Susan J. Clouthier, representing appellant Nolyn Wayne
McMaryion, has informed the Court by suggestion of death, that appellant
McMaryion died in Beaumont, Texas, on April 15, 2024. Based on this
information:
       IT IS ORDERED that the appeal is abated and dismissed as moot.
We assume that the district court, in due course, will take appropriate action
to abate and dismiss the proceedings in that court. See United States
v. Cammarata, 721 F.2d 134 (5th Cir. 1983) (“When a defendant dies
pending direct appeal of his criminal conviction, not only the appeal but also
all proceedings had in the prosecution from its inception are
abated.”); United States v. Pauline, 625 F.2d 684, 685 (5th Cir. 1980).

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       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

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