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Ortiz et al v. Noem et al

District of ArizonaDecided April 21, 2026No. 2:26-cv-00084

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Agency Not recorded Read by a model
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED dismissing Plaintiffs Maria Del Socorro Ortiz and Maria Dolores Ochoa Castro without prejudice.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
Additionally, the Court finds that Plaintiffs Maria Del Socorro Ortiz and Maria Dolores Ochoa Castro should be dismissed from this action.
Disposition Other ruling A ruling none of the other labels describes. Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED finding that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is moot. (Doc. 13). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED dismissing Plaintiffs Maria Del Socorro Ortiz and Maria Dolores Ochoa Castro without prejudice. (Doc. 15).
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Due to Plaintiffs’ FAC, the Magistrate Judge’s R&R is now moot.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
the Court hereby declines to adopt the Magistrate Judge’s R&R because it is now moot.
The other claims Not decided here Read by a model
the Court hereby declines to adopt the Magistrate Judge’s R&R because it is now moot.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model

Other orders in this case

The group holds 3 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Ortiz et al v. Noem et al March 9, 2026 John Z. Boyle Magistrate judge's recommendation
Ortiz et al v. Noem et alThis decision April 21, 2026 Other ruling
Ortiz v. NoemThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted April 28, 2026 John Z. Boyle Magistrate judge's recommendation

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:26-cv-00084
On the docket
This ruling (ECF 17)
Filed
January 7, 2026
Ended
May 19, 2026
Suit's filing to its end
132 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
decided 2026-04-28 says the agency acted (moot); idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit authority

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