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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 1,679 of the group's written decisions, from 1,518 cases; the newest of them was decided November 10, 2026. The line at the top counts the whole group.
1,679written decisions
1,518cases they come from
268decisions weigh the TRAC factors
27median months from the application to the suit
Each case counts once in these outcome counts, by its latest decision here: the 161 other orders in those cases are 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)107
- Granted in part49
- Denied (either side's motion)53
- Government's motion denied; the case goes on88
- Dismissed601
- Dismissed in part; some claims go on105
- Dismissed as moot163
- Remanded to the agency99
- Magistrate judge's recommendation51
- Transferred to another court69
- Stipulated or agreed order24
- Discovery or record order20
- Procedural order16
- Sanctions order1
- Attorney's fees26
- Other ruling3
- Not recorded43
Months from the application to the suit
27 months at the median; half fall between 15.5 and 42.1. 669 cases state it.
171 of these are section 1447(b) naturalization suits, whose months run from the application; the statute's 120 days run from the interview, which these figures do not measure.
Months from the application to the court's decision, or to the agency's action where it acted first
33.1 months at the median; half fall between 19 and 48.7. 1,069 decisions state it.
In 208 of these the agency acted before the decision, so the months run to that action, where the delay ended.
Leaves out the 192 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 application732
- Schedule an interview5
- Finish 221(g) processing2
- Decide the asylum application216
- Naturalization hearing or remand (1447(b))171
- Issue a work permit106
- Some other action102
- Not recorded184
Form or filing, by case
- I-485 (adjustment of status)389
- N-400 (naturalization)241
- I-589 (asylum)231
- I-765 (EAD)183
- I-918 (U visa)181
- I-130 (relative petition)120
- I-601A (provisional waiver)62
- I-526 (investor petition)56
- I-918A53
- DS-260 (immigrant visa)45
- I-360 (special immigrant petition)33
- I-730 (refugee or asylee relative petition)30
Decisions by year
- 2026400
- 2025303
- 2024236
- 2023139
- 202264
- 2021137
- 202065
- 201938
- 201824
- 201720
- 201611
- 20156
- 201413
- 201310
- 20129
- 201112
- 201017
- 200922
- 200855
- 200761
- 20069
- 200517
- 20045
- 20031
- 20023
- 20011
- 19991
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Examples
The newest case with each of the most common dispositions, by its latest decision.
D.D.C., November 10, 2026. Dismissed; prevailing party: government.
N.D. Ala., November 10, 2026. Dismissed as moot; prevailing party: neither side.
N.D. Cal., October 28, 2026. 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.
28,725suits in the docket record
26,714have ended
2,011still pending
83median 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.20,215
- 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.2,701
- Ended, outcome not recordedThe record shows the suit ended but not how.1,391
- Dismissed on jurisdiction or the meritsDismissed for want of jurisdiction or on the TRAC factors, or judgment for the government.1,346
- TransferredMoved to another district court.519
- Remanded to the agencySent back to the agency, usually a naturalization case under section 1447(b).444
- Judgment for the plaintiffA consent, default or other judgment for the plaintiff.98
Days from the suit's filing to its end
83 days at the median; half fall between 56 and 154. 26,714 dockets state it.
Days from the suit's filing to its end, when it ended once the agency acted
79 days at the median; half fall between 55 and 142. 20,215 dockets state it.
2,193 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.