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Gao v. Wolf

District of NevadaDecided January 25, 2021No. 2:21-cv-00055

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ allegations arise out of immigration relief petitions currently pending before the 21 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”).
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status); I-730 (refugee or asylee relative petition) Read by a model
USCIS to immediately complete its adjudication of Plaintiffs’ I-485 applications and Plaintiff 2 Gao’s son’s I-730 application.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
USCIS to immediately complete its adjudication of Plaintiffs’ I-485 applications and Plaintiff 2 Gao’s son’s I-730 application.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Construing Plaintiffs’ complaint liberally and considering that this case is only at the 23 screening stage, these allegations are sufficient to plead a claim upon which relief can be granted 24 under 28 U.S.C. § 1361.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
Upon granting an application to proceed in forma pauperis, courts screen the complaint.
Disposition Granted, neither side prevailed The principal motion was granted in full: summary judgment for either side, an injunction or TRO, a writ or order to act, fees. A motion to dismiss granted in full counts as Dismissed; a transfer is listed apart. Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ requests to proceed in forma pauperis are GRANTED.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
The Court screens the complaint without the benefit of the adversarial process.
The delay claim The delay claim goes on Read by a model
Construing Plaintiffs’ complaint liberally and considering that this case is only at the 23 screening stage, these allegations are sufficient to plead a claim upon which relief can be granted 24 under 28 U.S.C. § 1361.
Months pending 30.4 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
on July 16, 2018, Plaintiffs Gao and Liu each filed an I-485
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:21-cv-00055
Filed
January 11, 2021
Ended
September 30, 2021
Suit's filing to its end
262 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
stipulated dismissal 2021-09-30; idb disp 12 (dismissed: voluntarily)

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why.

Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit authority

District decisions bind no one. On the questions this decision raises, the Supreme Court decisions and the circuit's published decisions listed here bind this court; a circuit disposition marked nonprecedential was not published as precedent and is persuasive only. ImmCite status as read November 14, 2026. Check the current status before relying on one.