Opinion
1:16-cv-06967 (ALC)(GWG)
09-27-2024
SOMA SENGUPTA, Plaintiff, v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Defendants.
ORDER
ANDREW L. CARTER, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On September 9, 2024, this Court received the original death certificate for Plaintiff Soma Sengupta, who passed away on August 17, 2024. On September 12, 2024, this Court ordered Defendants to show cause as to why this Court should not dismiss this case as moot per Bumpus v. Warden, Clinton Correctional Facility, 426 Fed.Appx. 21, 22 (2d Cir. 2011) and Rivera v. Pearlman, No. 02 Civ. 2399 (LAK), 2004 WL 533333 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 16, 2004). ECF No. 130.
On September 17, 2024, Defendants responded that “[i]n light of this authority, respondent accordingly sees no reason why the habeas petition should not be dismissed as moot.” ECF No. 131. The Clerk of Court is hereby directed to close this case.
SO ORDERED.