
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Valentine RAMON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 01-41095.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Feb. 3, 2003.
    Tony Ray Roberts, McAllen, TX, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Roland E. Dahlin, II, Fed. Pub. Def., H. Michael Sokolow, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before GARWOOD and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.
    
    
      
       Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.
    
   PER CURIAM:

Before the mandate was issued in this case, appellant was released from federal custody, rendering his appeal on a sentencing issue moot. The previous opinion of this court, published at 310 F.3d 317, is therefore VACATED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as moot.  