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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 
 
ALEKSANDR SHAMBASOV, 
  
Plaintiff, 
 
 v. 
 
ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, 
Secretary of DHS, et al., 
     
   Defendants. 
 
                                                                 
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Case No. 24cv1463 L BJW 
 
 
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 
MOTION TO DISMISS 
 
[Doc. No. 5] 
 
 
 
Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss this action as moot.  
(ECF No. 10.)  Plaintiff filed a petition for  a writ of mandamus to compel Defendants 
to adjudicate his pending Form I-589 asylum application.  (ECF No. 1.)  Defendants 
contend that this action should be dismissed as moot because Plaintiff’s asylum 
application has been approved.  ( See ECF No. 10 -1.)  Plaintiff has not filed an 
opposition to Defendants’ motion, and the time to oppose has elapsed.  See Civ. Local 
R. 7.1(e)(2).  A ccordingly, Defendants’ motion is granted as unopposed.  See Civ. 
Loc. Rule 7.1(f)(3)(c); Ghazali v. Moran , 46 F.3d 52, 53 -54 (9th Cir. 1995).   
Alternatively, the motion is granted for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the 
case has become moot.  See City of Erie v. Pap's A.M., 529 U.S. 277, 287 (2000) (“A 
case is moot when the issues presented are no longer ‘live[.]’”); SEC v. Med. Comm. 
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for Human Right s, 404 U.S. 403, 407 (1972)  (federal courts lack jurisdiction over 
moot cases).  
IT IS SO ORDERED. 
 
Dated:  May 26, 2026  
  
 
  
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