Case Explained: Non-Argument Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DION DE CESARE

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Filed: 2026-07-02

Docket: 9:21-cr-80188-RKA-1

The eleventh-circuit dismissed the appeal as moot because the government completed the sale of the property that was the subject of Dion De Cesare’s attempt to enjoin its forfeiture. The court held that since the core issue of the appeal was whether the district court erred in declining to stop the sale, the completion of that sale rendered the controversy moot under the principle that courts lack authority to adjudicate moot cases. Consequently, all pending motions before the court were denied as moot, and no further relief regarding the injunction or forfeiture order will be granted by this appellate panel.

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