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Date Created: 2023-11-28 01:00:39.599245+00
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Case: 23-50082         Document: 00516979869             Page: 1      Date Filed: 11/27/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-50082
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                              November 27, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Devin Edward Hall,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
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                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 5:19-CR-154-1
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   Before Barksdale, Graves, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Devin Edward Hall pleaded guilty in 2020 to transporting an adult
   across state lines for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, in violation of
   18 U.S.C. § 2421. His sentence includes 91-months’ imprisonment and five-
   years supervised release. Hall, who has not been released on supervision,

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   challenges a supervised-release special condition requiring him to “take any
   and all medications that are prescribed by the treating physician”.
          “This Court must examine the basis of its jurisdiction, on its own
   motion, if necessary.” Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir. 1987).
   Such sua sponte jurisdictional inquiry includes whether an issue is ripe for
   review. McCall v. Dretke, 390 F.3d 358, 361 (5th Cir. 2004). Whether Hall’s
   claim is ripe is reviewed de novo. E.g., United States v. Magana, 837 F.3d 457,
   459 (5th Cir. 2016).
          “[T]he ripeness inquiry focuses on whether an injury that has not yet
   occurred is sufficiently likely to happen to justify judicial intervention.”
   Pearson v. Holder, 624 F.3d 682, 684 (5th Cir. 2010) (alteration in original)
   (citation omitted). “A claim is not ripe for review if it rests upon contingent
   future events that may not occur as anticipated, or indeed may not occur at
   all.” Magana, 837 F.3d at 459 (citation omitted).
          Hall’s challenge to the condition is not ripe for review because it is “a
   matter of conjecture” whether he will ever be subjected to prescribed
   medication. Id. (citation omitted); see also United States v. Carmichael, 343
   F.3d 756, 761–62 (5th Cir. 2003) (concluding supervised-release condition
   not ripe because condition was contingent on future events). If he is ever
   required to submit to such medication, Hall may petition the district court
   for a modification of the conditions of his release. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(2)
   (permitting modification of supervised-release conditions).
          DISMISSED.

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