United States v. Tariq Belt

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-6867 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. TARIQ BELT, a/k/a Ty, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. William D. Quarles, Jr., District Judge. (1:03-cr-00376-WDQ-1) Submitted: August 21, 2014 Decided: August 26, 2014 Before SHEDD, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Tariq Liyuen Adevemi Belt, Appellant Pro Se. Jane Meadowcroft Erisman, Christopher John Romano, Assistant United States Attorneys, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Tariq Belt appeals the district court’s orders denying his motion for a furlough and denying his motion for reconsideration. Belt sought a temporary release from prison from June 5 to June 9, 2014, to enable him to attend his daughter’s graduation and a family celebration of the event. Because this time period has passed, this appeal is moot. See In re Stadium Mgt. Corp., 895 F.2d 845, 847 (1st Cir. 1990) (“Absent a stay, the court must dismiss a pending appeal as moot because the court has no remedy that it can fashion even if it would have determined the issues differently.”). Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the appeal. We deny Belt’s pending motions for entry of default, for release on bail, and “for Clarification and Obtaining of the Entire Record.” 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 2