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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 19 of the group's written decisions, from 19 cases; the newest of them was decided July 29, 2026. The line at the top counts the whole group.
19written decisions
19cases they come from
13decisions weigh the TRAC factors
23median months from the application to the suit
Each case counts once in these outcome counts, by its latest decision here. 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
Months from the application to the suit
23 months at the median; half fall between 20 and 28.4. 5 cases state it.
Months from the application to the court's decision, or to the agency's action where it acted first
19 months at the median; half fall between 16.3 and 37.7. 13 decisions state it.
In 2 of these the agency acted before the decision, so the months run to that action, where the delay ended.
Leaves out the 4 decisions holding that the agency had acted where no reading dates that action: their months to the decision are not a delay.
What the suits asked for, by case
- Decide the application8
- Schedule an interview11
Decisions by year
Download these 19 decisions as a spreadsheet (CSV).
Examples
The newest case with each of the most common dispositions, by its latest decision.
E.D.N.Y., July 29, 2026. Dismissed; prevailing party: government.
D.D.C., November 28, 2022. Dismissed in part; some claims go on; prevailing party: each side in part.
E.D. Cal., July 17, 2024. Granted; prevailing party: government.
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.
48suits in the docket record
47have ended
1still pending
129median days from the suit's filing to its end
How the ended suits ended
- 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.33
- Dismissed on jurisdiction or the meritsDismissed for want of jurisdiction or on the TRAC factors, or judgment for the government.9
- Dismissed, ground not recordedThe court dismissed and the record gives no ground: it can be a dismissal as moot after the agency acted, for want of prosecution, or a loss.2
- Ended, outcome not recordedThe record shows the suit ended but not how.2
- TransferredMoved to another district court.1
Days from the suit's filing to its end
129 days at the median; half fall between 80.5 and 263.5. 47 dockets state it.
Days from the suit's filing to its end, when it ended once the agency acted
100 days at the median; half fall between 63 and 170. 33 dockets state it.
16 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.