Abu Ali v. Gonzales

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• explaining that Rule 12(b)(1) imposes on the court an “affirmative obligation to ensure that it is acting within the scope of its jurisdictional authority, which includes the obligation to consider the possibility of mootness” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
• finding a Bane Act violation where officers stopped and detained 18 Plaintiff in handcuffs until he consented to a search of his vehicle
• “Mootness is not merely a reflection of practical considerations, it is a constitutional imperative, derived from the enumerated powers that Article III bestows upon the federal judiciary.”
• “As mootness creates a jurisdictional defect, respondents’ motion will be treated as a motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1).”

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