United States v. Julius Calhoun ( 2023 )


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  • USCA11 Case: 23-10897    Document: 14-1      Date Filed: 06/07/2023   Page: 1 of 4
    [DO NOT PUBLISH]
    In the
    United States Court of Appeals
    For the Eleventh Circuit
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    No. 23-10773
    Non-Argument Calendar
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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff-Appellee,
    versus
    JULIUS CALHOUN,
    Defendant-Appellant.
    ____________________
    Appeals from the United States District Court
    for the Middle District of Alabama
    D.C. Docket No. 2:22-cr-00167-ECM-SMD-4
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    No. 23-10897
    Non-Argument Calendar
    ____________________
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff-Appellee,
    versus
    JULIUS CALHOUN,
    Defendant-Appellant.
    ____________________
    Appeals from the United States District Court
    for the Middle District of Alabama
    D.C. Docket No. 2:22-cr-00167-ECM-SMD-4
    ____________________
    Before JILL PRYOR, GRANT, and LAGOA, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM:
    Upon our review of the record and the response to the juris-
    dictional questions, we DISMISS both of these appeals for lack of
    jurisdiction. First, as Appellant acknowledges, a notice of appeal
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    must designate already existing orders, and we do not have juris-
    diction to review future court orders. See Bogle v. Orange Cnty. Bd.
    of Cnty. Comm’rs, 
    162 F.3d 653
    , 661 (11th Cir. 1998). Appellant’s ap-
    peal of an anticipated ruling on his motion to dismiss the indict-
    ment is thus not proper.
    Second, the district court’s March 1, 2023 order granting the
    government’s motion to continue trial is not immediately appeala-
    ble under the collateral order doctrine. That order did not conclu-
    sively find Appellant incompetent and commit him to the custody
    of the Attorney General. See United States v. Donofrio, 
    896 F.2d 1301
    (11th Cir. 1990) (holding that an order finding a defendant incom-
    petent to stand trial and committing him to the custody of the At-
    torney General was an immediately-appealable collateral order).
    Instead, the district court delayed the criminal proceedings until its
    previously-ordered commitment could occur, and a challenge to
    that delay is akin to a speedy trial challenge, which is not reviewa-
    ble on interlocutory appeal. See United States v. MacDonald,
    
    435 U.S. 850
    , 857 (1978).
    Accordingly, appeal no. 23-10773 is DISMISSED for lack of
    jurisdiction. Further, because our dismissal of appeal no. 23-10773
    will lift the district court’s March 16, 2023 order staying the pro-
    ceedings pending that appeal, appeal no. 23-10897, which chal-
    lenges that order, is DISMISSED as MOOT. See Christian Coal. of
    Fla., Inc. v. United States, 
    662 F.3d 1182
    , 1189 (11th Cir. 2011)
    (providing that an issue is moot “when it no longer presents a live
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    controversy with respect to which the court can give meaningful
    relief.”). All pending motions are DENIED as MOOT.