Jeffry Schmidt v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that Rule 15(a), even as liberally construed, applies only when the plaintiff has moved for leave to amend
• “[Mootness] occurs when, among other things, the court can provide no effective remedy because a party has already obtained all the relief that [he] has sought.”
• “Rule 15(a)—even as liberally construed—applies only when the plaintiff actually has moved for leave to amend the complaint; absent a motion, there is nothing to be freely given.” (citation omitted)
• when a claim becomes moot, federal courts are “divested of jurisdiction over the action.”

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