Hussain v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: December 15, 2023
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2023-1808
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

NASIR HUSSAIN,

Petitioner,

v. Civil Action No. 23-1808 (RDM) U.S. CITIZEN AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, et al.,

Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Now before the Court is the government’s motion to dismiss this mandamus petition,

which asks the Court to compel the government to adjudicate Petitioner’s Form I-526, as moot.

Dkt. 13; see, e.g., Dkt. 1 at 10 (Compl. ¶ 31) (“Defendants have a clear ministerial duty to

adjudicate Plaintiff’s filing, and there is no other remedy available.”); id. at 11–12. According to

the government, the case is moot because Petitioner’s Form I-526 was recently denied and thus

nothing remains to be adjudicated. Dkt. 13 at 1. The Court ordered Petitioner, who is

represented by counsel, to respond to the government’s motion on or before December 14, 2023.

Min. Order (Dec. 3, 2023); see LCvR 7 (“Within 14 days of service or at such other time as the

Court may direct, an opposing party shall serve and file a memorandum . . . in opposition to [a]

motion. If such a memorandum is not filed within the prescribed time, the Court may treat the

motion as conceded.”). Petitioner failed to do so.

The Court, accordingly, accepts the government’s representation of fact that Petitioner’s

Form I-526 petition has been adjudicated. Because Petitioner has received the relief his petition

sought, no live controversy remains for the Court to resolve. See U.S. Const. art. III, § 2. The Court, therefore, dismisses this case for lack of jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 12(b)(1).

CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, Defendants’ motion to dismiss, Dkt. 13, is hereby

GRANTED. It is further ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED without prejudice as

moot. A separate order will issue.

SO ORDERED.

/s/ Randolph D. Moss RANDOLPH D. MOSS United States District Judge

Date: December 15, 2023