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Every decision we've filed under Mootness.
The Fourth Circuit dismissed a petition for a writ of mandamus as moot because the district court had already resolved the underlying dispute. The appellate court found that no further judicial relief could be granted since the district court had dismissed the complaint and ruled on all pending motions.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Baari'a Muhammad. The court dismissed the petition as moot because the district court had already ruled on the underlying motions.
The Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded a district court order after intervening visa developments mooted the original delay claim. The appellate court directed the lower court to address new legal questions regarding administrative processing and a Presidential Proclamation refusal.
The Ninth Circuit dismissed an appeal challenging unreasonable delays in immigrant visa adjudications as moot after the State Department issued the requested visas during the litigation. The court held that no exceptions to mootness applied because the plaintiffs could not demonstrate a reasonable expectation of future similar harm.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal in part as moot and affirmed the dismissal of federal civil rights claims against state court officials and legal aid attorneys. The court held that the legal aid defendants were not state actors and that the judicial defendants were immune from injunctive relief under Section nineteen eighty-three.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal in a patent dispute after the parties reached a settlement. The court granted the appellee's motion to dismiss and awarded costs to the appellee.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Mackie James Walker, Jr. The court found the petition moot because the district court had recently denied relief on his underlying motions.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction on the alternate ground that the motion was moot. Because the school district modified the access ban to match the relief sought, there was no longer a live controversy to resolve.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a challenge to a USCIS denial of lawful permanent resident status because the case became moot. The court held that USCIS provided the specific relief sought by reopening the application and issuing a new decision, thereby dissipating the controversy.
The Federal Circuit dismissed two appeals because the claimants lacked standing after the Board of Veterans' Appeals voluntarily granted them full relief. The court held that once the Board resolved all disputed issues, no live controversy remained to support appellate authority under Article III.