Fikre alleges that he traveled to Sudan in late 2009 in pursuit of growing an electronics business in his native East Africa. The FBI questioned him while in Sudan, according to court filings, telling Fikre he was on the No Fly List and could be removed if he became an informant.
Fikre allegedly refused and moved to the United Arab Emirates, where he claims he was then abducted and tortured for months by the country’s secret police at the FBI’s request. After leaving the United Arab Emirates, Fikre says he moved to Sweden, filed his lawsuit and sought asylum.
The government should not be allowed to make a case moot just because it would be inconvenient for them. I’m pretty sure that by the time SCOTUS grants cert, it’s because there’s a genuine legal principle that needs resolving, not just for the individual case. (At least in normal times, current court notwithstanding.)