Leon v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Ho
- 1:25-cv-04915
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Leon v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Judge Ho denied as moot Leon’s request to compel adjudication of his work-authorization application.
Olu-Solo Leon, whose petition seeking an order requiring adjudication of his I-765 work-authorization application was denied as moot; the defendants were no longer required to adjudicate that application through this case.
What happened
In Olu-Solo Leon v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services et al., Olu-Solo Leon asked the court to require the defendants to decide his pending I-765 work-authorization application.
The defendants later submitted notices showing that the application had been denied and asked the court to dismiss the case as moot. Because the application had already been adjudicated, the court concluded that there was no longer an issue for it to resolve.
Judge Dale E. Ho denied the petition as moot and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
The detailed version
- Leon v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services · No. 1:25-cv-04915
- Ho
- Nov. 17, 2025
Background
On June 11, 2025, Olu-Solo Leon filed a petition asking the court to order the defendants to adjudicate his I-765 work-authorization application. The opinion states that the application had been pending for nearly a year.
Defendants’ Motion
On November 14, 2025, the defendants filed a letter motion requesting dismissal as moot. They provided documentation showing that denial notices for the application had been sent to Leon and his attorney.
Ruling
The court explained that the only issue was whether to compel adjudication of the application. Because the application had been adjudicated, that issue was moot, meaning there was no longer a live dispute for the court to decide. The court therefore stated that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the action, denied the petition as moot, and requested that the Clerk of Court close the case.
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