Azaniah Blankumsee v. Larry Hogan

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: December 22, 2020
• Docket: 20-7035
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 20-7035

AZANIAH BLANKUMSEE,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Paul W. Grimm, District Judge. (8:20-cv-01188-PWG)

Submitted: December 17, 2020 Decided: December 22, 2020

Before THACKER, HARRIS, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Azaniah Blankumsee, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Azaniah Blankumsee seeks to appeal the district

court’s order denying his motion for a preliminary injunction. Although the order was an

appealable interlocutory order at the time Blankumsee filed his notice of appeal, see 28

U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1), the district court has now entered a final order dismissing the

complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Accordingly, we dismiss

Blankumsee’s appeal as moot. See Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc., 568 U.S. 85, 91 (2013) (“A

case becomes moot . . . when the issues presented are no longer live or the parties lack a

legally cognizable interest in the outcome.” (internal quotation marks omitted)); Dex Media

West, Inc. v. City of Seattle, 696 F.3d 952, 956 & n.1 (9th Cir. 2012) (dismissing as moot

appeal from denial of preliminary injunction where district court had entered final

judgment and “deciding the preliminary injunction appeal would have no practical

consequences”). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions

are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

DISMISSED