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Patel v. Noem

Southern District of GeorgiaLisa G. WoodDecided March 3, 2026No. 5:25-cv-00178

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Patel seeks to have the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) adjudicate his “long-pending applications for immigration benefits.”
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Here, Patel asks the Court to order USCIS to rule on his pending applications and to review his detention.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
the Court GRANTS Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss, as supplemented, and DENIES as moot Patel’s consolidated cause of action.
Motion decided Other motion to dismiss Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss, as supplemented, and DENIES as moot Patel’s consolidated cause of action.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Respondents filed a Motion to Dismiss and a Supplemental Motion to Dismiss.
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss, as supplemented, and DENIES as moot Patel’s consolidated cause of action.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss, as supplemented, and DENIES as moot Patel’s consolidated cause of action.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
the Court GRANTS Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss, as supplemented, and DENIES as moot Patel’s consolidated cause of action.
The other claims Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Because Patel’s applications have been ruled on and he is no longer being detained, there is no longer a “live controversy” over which the Court can give meaningful relief.
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
Because Patel’s applications have been ruled on and he is no longer being detained, there is no longer a “live controversy” over which the Court can give meaningful relief.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 5:25-cv-00178
Filed
November 24, 2025
Ended
March 3, 2026
Suit's filing to its end
99 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
judgment 2026-03-03 says the agency acted (moot); idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why. Other suits in this court.

Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit authority

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