Jackson v. Mayorkas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION ERIC JACKSON, ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. No. 4:22-cv-0825-P ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, ET AL., Defendants. OPINION & ORDER Article III of the Constitution limits federal-court jurisdiction to “cases” and “controversies.” A case is no longer a “case” or “controversy” if it becomes moot. In this case, Plaintiffs sued, contending that the Coast Guard’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate—which forced Coast Guard members to be injected with a novel vaccine against their sincerely held religious beliefs—was unlawful. Because the…