In Re: Jacob Ben-Ari
Filing
NOT PRECEDENTIAL PER CURIAM OPINION Coram: CHAGARES, GREENAWAY JR. and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges. Total Pages: 2. CLD-048
Case: 17-2723
Document: 003112808189
Page: 1
CLD-048
Date Filed: 12/21/2017
NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 17-2723
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IN RE: JACOB BEN-ARI,
Petitioner
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On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
Board of Immigration Appeals
(Related to Agency No. A078-404-560)
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Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
November 16, 2017
Before: CHAGARES, GREENAWAY, JR., and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges
(Opinion filed: December 21, 2017)
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OPINION*
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PER CURIAM
Petitioner Jacob Ben-Ari seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Board of
Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) to show cause why it refuses to rule on three motions that
he filed with the agency.
Ben-Ari is an Israeli citizen who was ordered removed to Israel by an Immigration
Judge (“IJ”) sitting in Miami, Florida, on November 1, 2016, in connection with a 2011
*
This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
Case: 17-2723
Document: 003112808189
Page: 2
Date Filed: 12/21/2017
mail fraud conviction. The BIA affirmed the IJ’s decision and dismissed Ben-Ari’s
appeal in an order dated April 10, 2017. The BIA also denied Ben-Ari’s motion to stay
the proceedings pending the outcome of his collateral attack on his conviction in the
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. It appears that Ben-Ari
thereafter returned to the BIA with, inter alia, a motion seeking reconsideration of the
April 10th order. Given Ben-Ari’s submission of evidence, the BIA also treated the
motion as one seeking reopening pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c). In an order dated
August 8, 2017, the BIA denied Ben-Ari’s motion for reconsideration. It also concluded
that the motion did not warrant reopening of his immigration proceedings. The BIA
specifically noted in its decision that it had considered Ben-Ari’s multiple filings in
rendering its decision.
On the same date that the BIA rendered its decision, Ben-Ari’s mandamus petition
was received in this Court.1 The issuance of the BIA’s order on August 8th came more
than two months before the Clerk’s receipt of Ben-Ari’s motion for leave to proceed with
this mandamus petition in forma pauperis. Even assuming arguendo that mandamus is
available for use as Ben-Ari proposes, he has received the relief sought in his mandamus
petition. Thus, we will dismiss the petition as moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum
Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996).
constitute binding precedent.
1
The petition is dated August 2, 2017. The Government advised the Court that Ben-Ari
had been removed to Israel before his mandamus petition was received and filed on the
docket.
2
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