
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gilberto HERNANDEZ-MEDINA, aka Gilberto Medina-Hernandez, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 06-10645.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted April 14, 2008.
    
    Filed April 24, 2008.
    Celeste C. Corlett, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    
      Brian I. Rademacher, Esq., Diana Eren-dira Castillo-Reina, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Tucson, AZ, for Defendant-Appellee.
    Before: FERGUSON, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

The United States appeals the district court’s order dismissing the case and releasing Defendant Gilberto Hernandez-Medina. The government requests an order from this Court reversing the dismissal so that it may renew charges against Hernandez-Medina if he ever returns to the United States.

Because the district court’s order does not bar future prosecution, the relief the government requests has already been granted. Therefore, we dismiss this appeal as moot. See United States v. Strong, 489 F.3d 1055, 1059 (9th Cir.2007) (“An appeal is moot when, by virtue of an intervening event, a court of appeals cannot grant any effectual relief whatever in favor of the appellant.” (internal quotation marks omitted)).

DISMISSED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Cir. R. 36-3.
     