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Yang v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services

Eastern District of New YorkEric R. KomiteeDecided May 12, 2025No. 1:24-cv-01992

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Yang asks the Court to compel USCIS to act on his asylum application.
Form or filing I-589 (asylum) Read by a model
Yang asks the Court to compel USCIS to act on his asylum application.
What the suit asked for Decide the asylum application Read by a model
Yang asks the Court to compel USCIS to act on his asylum application.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
The Court agrees, and the case is dismissed for want of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
When considering a motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, a court “may consider affidavits and other
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
USCIS now moves to dismiss, arguing that the case is moot because it has issued Yang a Notice of Interview.
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
This case is moot.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
This case is moot.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
This case is moot. When USCIS issues a Notice of Interview, an undue-delay action is moot because the agency has “initiated action” on the asylum application.
Months pending Not stated at filing The agency acted before this decision, so the months up to the decision are not a delay and are not shown. Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
This case is moot.
Nationality China Read by a model
Yang is a citizen of China who entered the United States in November 2018.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:24-cv-01992
Filed
March 15, 2024
Ended
May 13, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
424 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 17 (judgment: other), judgment for unknown

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

Supreme Court and Second Circuit authority

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