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Date Created: 2023-07-18 18:01:03.906093+00
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Case: 23-40058        Document: 00516824326             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/18/2023

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

                                     ____________                                      FILED
                                                                                     July 18, 2023
                                      No. 23-40058                               Lyle W. Cayce
                                    Summary Calendar                                  Clerk
                                    ____________

   Robert Ross,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                            versus

   United States of America,

                                               Defendant—Appellee.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Eastern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 1:21-CV-607
                     ______________________________

   Before Dennis, Engelhardt, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Robert Ross appeals from the district court’s dismissal without
   prejudice of his Federal Tort Claims Act complaint. However, the district
   court construed his post-judgment motion as a timely motion to alter or
   amend judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e), granted that
   construed motion, and reinstated his complaint. Because the judgment of

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-40058     Document: 00516824326          Page: 2    Date Filed: 07/18/2023

                                   No. 23-40058

   dismissal from which Ross filed his construed notice of appeal is no longer in
   effect, the appeal does not present a live controversy and is moot. See United
   States v. Heredia-Holguin, 823 F.3d 337, 340 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc).
          Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED as MOOT.

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