Case: 17-14998 Date Filed: 08/08/2019 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 17-14998 ________________________ Agency No. A209-230-480 SUKIRTHAN SINNARTHURI, Petitioner, versus U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent. ________________________ Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ________________________ (August 8, 2019) Before WILSON and NEWSOM, Circuit Judges, and COOGLER, * District Judge. PER CURIAM: * Honorable L. Scott Coogler, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, sitting by designation. Case: 17-14998 Date Filed: 08/08/2019 Page: 2 of 2 The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmed the denial of Sukirthan Sinnarthuri’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Sinnarthuri petitioned for review. While that petition was pending in this Court, the BIA granted Sinnarthuri’s motion to reopen his immigration proceedings based on new evidence. The government then filed a motion to dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. While that motion was pending, an Immigration Judge (IJ) in the reopened proceedings granted Sinnarthuri’s petition for asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158. Sinnarthuri was subsequently released from detention. “If events that occur subsequent to the filing of a lawsuit or an appeal deprive the court of the ability to give the plaintiff or appellant meaningful relief, then the case is moot and must be dismissed.” Al Najjar v. Ashcroft, 273 F.3d 1330, 1336 (11th Cir. 2001). Because the IJ in the reopened proceedings granted Sinnarthuri the precise relief he sought—asylum—this case “no longer presents a live controversy” over which we may exercise jurisdiction. Id. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. DISMISSED. 2 17-14998 Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ca11 11th Cir. Sukirthan Sinnarthuri v. U.S. Attorney General 8 August 2019 NEW Unpublished 5fafff779e523270f5f70c3a547f003c1df98fa6
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