The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fikre provides an important reminder on mootness. Yonas Fikre, a United States citizen, alleged that he was placed on the “no fly” list while in a foreign country; that he was held abroad and interrogated by FBI agents about activities and leadership of a mosque he attended in Portland, Oregon; and that he was asked to serve as an FBI informant and told that authorities would “take steps to remove [him] from the no-fly list” if he agreed to do so, but that he declined.

In the first of a series of decisions, the district court in Oregon dismissed the case on grounds of mootness when Fikre was advised that he had been removed from the “no-fly list.”