Opinion ID: 2744274
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Heading: The Choice Between Jurisdictional Issues

Text: Mootness and standing are jurisdictional. WildEarth Guardians v. Pub. Serv. Co. of Colo., 690 F.3d 1174, 1182 (10th Cir. 2012). Because “[t]here is no mandatory ‘sequencing of nonmerits issues,’” we have “leeway ‘to choose among threshold grounds for denying audience to a case on the merits.’” Sinochem Int’l Co. v. Malaysia Int’l Shipping Corp., 549 U.S. 422, 431 (2007) (quoting Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon Oil Co., 526 U.S. 574, 584, 585 (1999)). We begin by addressing mootness.