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Written decisions in the mandamus and agency-delay group in suits about a delay at this agency, in every court, and the agency-delay suits in the docket record against it.

2,996 written decisions from 2,731 cases in the whole mandamus and agency-delay group, the group's newest decided November 12, 2026. Updated November 14, 2026 at 1:17 a.m. CT; the Passim connector counts the live collection, which can differ by the day's additions and retirements (which total to quote). Coverage: of the 1,617 public decisions since January 1, 2025 that a CourtListener and GovInfo search for mandamus and agency delay finds, Passim holds 1,406 (87%), 1,039 of them in this group, measured November 14, 2026. Some of what that search finds are not mandamus decisions. Tell us about a decision we're missing.

These are counts of past written decisions and dockets, not predictions of how any case will be decided. A distribution appears only when at least 5 decisions (or 5 dockets) are behind it; smaller groups are listed, not summarized. How it's counted.

How the decisions came out

This page counts 10 of the group's written decisions, from 9 cases; the newest of them was decided September 9, 2025. The line at the top counts the whole group.

10written decisions
9cases they come from
1decisions weigh the TRAC factors
–median months from the application to the suit

Each case counts once in these outcome counts, by its latest decision here: the 1 other order in those cases is listed with their case, not counted again. A motion to dismiss denied and a later judgment for the government count as the judgment. How decisions are grouped into cases.

Disposition, by case

  • Granted (either side's motion)2
  • Denied (either side's motion)1
  • Dismissed3
  • Dismissed in part; some claims go on1
  • Remanded to the agency1
  • Procedural order1

Prevailing party, by case

  • Applicant1
  • Government6
  • Each side in part1
  • Neither side1

Months from the application to the suit

Fewer than five cases state it (2); no distribution is shown.

Months from the application to the court's decision, or to the agency's action where it acted first

Fewer than five decisions state it (4); no distribution is shown.

In 1 of these the agency acted before the decision, so the months run to that action, where the delay ended.

What the suits asked for, by case

  • Decide the application2
  • Some other action5
  • Not recorded2

Form or filing, by case

  • I-140 (immigrant worker petition)1

Decisions by year

Download these 10 decisions as a spreadsheet (CSV).

Examples

The newest case with each of the most common dispositions, by its latest decision.

How agency-delay suits ended

Most suits end without a written decision: the agency acts and the parties dismiss. These counts come from the docket record (the federal courts' Integrated Database and CourtListener) and count every mandamus, APA and section 1447(b) suit against this agency, in every court, whatever year it was filed. A suit's agency is the one its written decisions say the delay is at; a suit with no written decision is counted under its lead defendant's agency.

7suits in the docket record
6have ended
1still pending
316median days from the suit's filing to its end

How the ended suits ended

  • Dismissed on jurisdiction or the meritsDismissed for want of jurisdiction or on the TRAC factors, or judgment for the government.2
  • Ended once the agency actedThe plaintiff dismissed, the parties stipulated to dismissal, or the court dismissed as moot: how suits end once the agency decides. The docket rarely says why, or whether the agency approved or denied.2
  • Ended, outcome not recordedThe record shows the suit ended but not how.2

The record gives no reason for 33% of the suits that ended.

Days from the suit's filing to its end

316 days at the median; half fall between 133.5 and 587. 6 dockets state it.

Days from the suit's filing to its end, when it ended once the agency acted

Fewer than five dockets state it (2); no distribution is shown.

4 of these suits have a written decision in the group.

These counts are not links: the suit list shows one court's or one filing year's suits at a time. Choose either there, then this agency.