Case Name: Fuad MOKBIL, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-10-10
Citations: 249 F. App'x 919
Docket Number: No. 06-0765-ag
Parties: Fuad MOKBIL, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER , Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 249
Pages: 919–920

Head Matter:
Fuad MOKBIL, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER , Respondent.
No. 06-0765-ag.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Oct. 10, 2007.
Parker Waggaman, Law Offices of Parker Waggaman, PC, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Lisa Hammond Johnson, Assistant United States Attorney (for Gregory A. White, United States Attorney) Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, OH, for Respondent.
Present: Hon. PIERRE N. LEVAL, Hon. ROBERT A. KATZMANN, Circuit Judges, Hon. CHARLES L. BRIEANT, District Judge.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Acting Attorney General Peter D. Keisler is automatically substituted for former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.
. The Honorable Charles L. Brieant, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Fuad Mokbil, a native of Ethiopia and a citizen of Yemen who entered the United States on a student visa in 1992, seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the decision of Immigration Judge ("IJ") Helen Sichel to deny Mokbil's application for adjustment of his status, reaffirm the previous denials of relief, and reaffirm the prior order of removal in his case. In re Fuad Mokbil, No. [ AXX-XXXXXX ] (Jan. 18, 2006), aff'g No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Sept. 8, 2004). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case.
The sole contention in the petition is that it was an abuse of discretion for the IJ to deny Mokbil's application for a continuance while an appeal was pending on the denial of his 1-130 application. By letter dated September 12, 2007, Mokbil informed this Court that he is "no longer married." As both petitioner and respondent agree, the termination of the marriage renders the issue moot and compels us to dismiss. See New York City Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Dole Food Co., 969 F.2d 1430, 1433 (2d Cir.1992) ("A moot action . must be dismissed, even if the case was live at the outset but later events rendered it moot on appeal.").
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DISMISSED as moot. Having completed our review, the pending motion for a stay of removal is DENIED as moot.