Edgar Octavio Arias Gallegos v. Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

EDGAR OCTAVIO ARIAS GALLEGOS, Plaintiff, 25 Civ. 5627 (PAE) (RFT)

DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Defendants.

PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: On July 8, 2025, plaintiff commenced the above-captioned action, seeking, infer alia, to compel U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to issue a bona fide determination on his pending visa petition. Dkt. 1. On December 9, 2025, USCIS issued a bona fide determination as to plaintiff's petition. On December 22, 2025, the parties notified the Honorable Robyn F. Tarnofsky, Magistrate Judge, that plaintiff's requested relief had been granted, see Dkt. 24, and, as such, it is “impossible for a court to grant any effectual relief whatever to the prevailing party.” Knox v. Serv. Emps. Int’l Union, Local 1000, 567 U.S. 298, 307 (2012). On January 15, 2026, Judge Tarnofsky held a conference with the parties, where they jointly requested the Court dismiss this action as moot. The Second Circuit commands that as a result of changed circumstances, a case that presented an actual redressable injury at the time it was filed ceases to involve such an injury, it ceases to fall within a federal court’s Article III subject matter jurisdiction and must be dismissed for mootness.” Connecticut Citizens Def. League, Inc. v. Lamont, 6 F.4th 439, 444 (2d Cir. 2021). Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the above-entitled action is hereby dismissed without prejudice. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close this case.

SO ORDERED. fi . □□ @ PAUL A. ENGELM f YER” United States District Judge Dated: January 20, 2026 New York, New York.