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Patel v. Jaddou

Eastern District of VirginiaElizabeth W. HanesDecided December 19, 2025No. 2:25-cv-00039

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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 Decide the application Read by a model
Four individual Plaintiffs, appearing pro se, filed this action seeking to compel Defendants to adjudicate Plaintiffs’ immigration-related applications.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, Dkt. No. 10, is GRANTED, and this civil action is DISMISSED without prejudice.
Motion decided Other motion to dismiss Read by a model
Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, Dkt. No. 10, is GRANTED, and this civil action is DISMISSED without prejudice.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, Dkt. No. 10
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
Under the circumstances detailed above, the Court finds that there is no longer a case or controversy over which this Court can properly exercise jurisdiction.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Under the circumstances detailed above, the Court finds that there is no longer a case or controversy over which this Court can properly exercise jurisdiction.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Under the circumstances detailed above, the Court finds that there is no longer a case or controversy over which this Court can properly exercise jurisdiction.
Months pending Not stated at filing The agency acted before this decision, so the months up to the decision are not a delay and are not shown. Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Under the circumstances detailed above, the Court finds that there is no longer a case or controversy over which this Court can properly exercise jurisdiction.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:25-cv-00039
On the docket
This ruling (ECF 14)
Filed
January 21, 2025
Ended
December 19, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
332 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit authority

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