NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 23 2022
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-10395
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:99-cr-00465-ACK-1
v.
DOUGLAS AKIRA HIRANO, AKA Kevin MEMORANDUM*
Higashi,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Hawaii
Alan C. Kay, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted August 17, 2022**
Before: S.R. THOMAS, PAEZ, and LEE, Circuit Judges.
Douglas Akira Hirano appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges the 8-month sentence and a special condition of supervised release
imposed upon revocation of supervised release. We dismiss his appeal as moot.
While this appeal was pending, Hirano finished serving his 8-month
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
sentence and had his supervised release revoked again. Because he is no longer
subject to the sentence imposed by the judgment on appeal, we can provide no
effective relief as to his claims of sentencing error, and we dismiss this appeal as
moot. See United States v. Palomba, 182 F.3d 1121, 1123 (9th Cir. 1999).
DISMISSED.
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