Deborah Laufer v. Arpan LLC, No. 20-14846 (11th Cir. 2023)
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Appellant informed the court that its case was moot and that it had been moot at the time of our decision. Appellee has since confirmed that had dissolved its limited liability company seven weeks before we decided the case, thereby eliminating any possibility of redress. The Eleventh Circuit, thus, granted Appellant’s motion to dismiss the appeal. The panel vacated its March 31, 2023 order staying the issuance of the mandate.
This opinion or order relates to an opinion or order originally issued on March 29, 2022.
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USCA11 Case: 20-14846 Document: 72 Date Filed: 08/15/2023 Page: 1 of 2 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 20-14846 ____________________ DEBORAH LAUFER, Plainti -Appellant, versus ARPAN LLC, d.b.a. Americas Best Value Inn, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 1:19-cv-00200-AW-GRJ ____________________ USCA11 Case: 20-14846 2 Document: 72 Date Filed: 08/15/2023 Order of the Court Page: 2 of 2 20-14846 Before JORDAN, NEWSOM, and ED CARNES, Circuit Judges. BY THE COURT: Some fifteen months after we issued our opinion in this case, see Laufer v. Arpan LLC, 29 F.4th 1268 (11th Cir. 2022), 1 Appellant informed us that our case was moot—and, indeed, that it had been moot at the time of our decision. Appellee has since confirmed that, yes, it had dissolved its limited liability company seven weeks before we decided the case, thereby eliminating any possibility of redress. We aren’t happy about being left in the dark for so long; we expect more from litigants and, in particular, their lawyers. Even so, we must agree that the case was moot at the time we issued our opinion. Accordingly, Appellant’s motion to dismiss the appeal is GRANTED, and the panel’s March 29, 2022 opinion is VACATED. See IAL Aircraft Holding, Inc. v. F.A.A., 216 F.3d 1304, 1306–07 (11th Cir. 2000) (“[T]his court was without jurisdiction when the original decision and mandate issued. Under these circumstances, we are compelled to recall the mandate and vacate our earlier decision.”). The panel’s March 31, 2023 order staying the issuance of the mandate is likewise VACATED, and this appeal is DISMISSED AS MOOT. And conspicuously, within three days of filing a similar motion to dismiss at the Supreme Court in a related case. On August 10, 2023, the Supreme Court denied that motion and carried the mootness issue with the merits. 1
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