Driver's License Name Challenge Dismissed

In Bey v. State of Ohio, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, (OH App., Feb. 3, 2017), an Ohio state appellate court dismissed as moot a mandamus lawsuit by a member of The Moorish Science Temple of America challenging the refusal by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to issue him a driver's license with the suffix "Bey" added at the end of his birth name.  After plaintiff filed suit, the state issued him the driver's license.  In an attempt to avoid mootness, plaintiff sought to amend his complaint to seek a class action against all Ohio governmental agencies that impede the free exercise of nationality and religious freedom by Moorish Science members in the state. However the appeals court relied on the doctrine that a writ of mandamus will not issue to compel an act already performed.