Rodriguez Candano v. Noem et al

A federal court closed Rodriguez Candano v. Noem et al on April 20, 2026, less than three months after the case was filed. The docket number is 26-cv-21035.

No judge has been publicly assigned, and the court is not yet identified in available records.

The case named Kristi Noem — in her capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security — as a defendant, which places it squarely in the immigration enforcement space that has generated heavy federal litigation since early 2025. The plaintiff, Rodriguez Candano, brought the action in 2026, but the specific claims have not been disclosed in available filings.

The April 20 order dismissed or closed the case or a party to it. That language covers several possibilities: voluntary dismissal by the plaintiff, a settlement, a jurisdictional defect the court caught on its own, or a ruling on a motion to dismiss. Without the underlying order text, the exact mechanism is unknown.

What is clear is that the case did not survive to contested merits briefing. It opened and closed within a short window, which in immigration cases often means the underlying relief — a stay of removal, a temporary restraining order, or similar emergency ask — either became moot or was resolved outside the courtroom.