Al-Bishari et al v. Holder et al

Filing 22

OPINION, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER re: 20 ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Due to Mootness [ECF No. 20] is GRANTED with prejudice.. Signed by District Judge Henry E. Autrey on 8/10/12. (CEL)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
BENDAR AHMED AL-BISHARI, et al.,)
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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ERIC H. HOLDER JR., et al.,
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Defendants.
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No. 4:10CV2166 HEA

OPINION, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Due to
Mootness [ECF No. 20]. The Motion is unopposed. For the reasons set forth
below, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is granted.
On November 18, 2010, Plaintiffs Bendar Ahmed Al-Bishari, Paula
Mwenelupembe, Kisa Mwenelupembe, Helen Uwaoma, and Matthias Uwaoma
filed an action seeking to compel adjudication of their application for naturalization
[ECF No. 1]. Plaintiffs Paula Mwenelupembe, Kisa Mwenelupembe, Helen
Uwaoma, and Matthias Uwaoma’s petitions were denied on February 18, 2011. On
May 10, 2012, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”)
interviewed Plaintiff Al-Bishari. After the interview, UCSIS approved Al-Bishari’s
naturalization application. On July 13, 2012, Al-Bishari was naturalized as a
United States citizen in federal court in the Southern District of Illinois.

On May 18, 2012, the parties submitted a Joint Status Report [ECF No.19].
The Report stated, in relevant part:
The parties have agreed that this matter will be finally adjudicated only after
the completion of this pending oath ceremony, and that after this action has
occurred, this matter can be dismissed.

ECF No. 19 at 2.
Because Plaintiffs Paula Mwenelupembe, Kisa Mwenelupembe, Helen
Uwaoma, and Matthias Uwaoma’s petitions were already denied, and because
Plaintiff Al-Bishari was naturalized on July 13, 2012, this matter is now in fact
moot. As such, pursuant to the Joint Status Report filed on behalf of the parties,
this matter has been finally adjudicated and can now be dismissed. See ECF No. 19
at 2.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Due to
Mootness [ECF No. 20] is GRANTED with prejudice.
Dated this 10th day of August, 2012.

HENRY EDWARD AUTREY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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