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USCA11 Case: 23-10080   Document: 31-1    Date Filed: 07/28/2023   Page: 1 of 3

                                                [DO NOT PUBLISH]
                                 In the
                United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eleventh Circuit

                         ____________________

                              No. 23-10080
                         Non-Argument Calendar
                         ____________________

       NATIONAL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY,
       a foreign corporation other,
       d.b.a. South Beach Charters,
                                                   Plaintiﬀ-Appellant,
       versus
       MARQUIS YACHTS, LLC,
       a foreign corporation,

                                                 Defendant-Appellee.
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       2                      Opinion of the Court                  23-10080

                            ____________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Southern District of Florida
                     D.C. Docket No. 1:21-cv-22066-AOR
                           ____________________

       Before ROSENBAUM, NEWSOM, and ABUDU, Circuit Judges.
       PER CURIAM:
               The parties’ motion to dismiss this appeal, construed from
       their joint jurisdictional question response, is GRANTED, and this
       appeal is DISMISSED. National Specialty Insurance Company filed
       this appeal seeking review of the district court’s order and judg-
       ment granting Marquis Yachts, LLC’s motion for summary judg-
       ment. We issued a limited remand for the district court to deter-
       mine whether it had subject matter jurisdiction in the first instance.
       On remand, the district court vacated its merits decision and dis-
       missed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In their
       joint response to the jurisdictional question, the parties agree that
       there is not complete diversity of citizenship and, thus, that the dis-
       trict court lacked jurisdiction.
              As a result of the district court’s order on remand, this appeal
       is now moot because there is no longer a merits decision to review.
       See Brooks v. Ga. State Bd. of Elections, 59 F.3d 1114, 1118 (11th Cir.
       1995) (explaining that we lack authority to adjudicate moot contro-
       versies and must dismiss an appeal if something happens while the
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       case is on appeal that makes it impossible to grant a prevailing party
       effectual relief).