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N.A. v. Jaddou

Southern District of CaliforniaAnthony J. BattagliaDecided April 30, 2024No. 3:23-cv-01634

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
The Court agrees, and finds USCIS 28 maintains control over the entire adjudication of I-730 petitions.
Form or filing I-730 (refugee or asylee relative petition) Read by a model
Plaintiff filed “follow-to-join” family reunification Form I-730 petitions
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Plaintiff filed the instant lawsuit on September 6, 2023, to compel USCIS to 24 adjudicate the I-730 Petitions
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is DENIED.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim Read by a model
Defendants move to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction 6 and for failure to state a claim.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is DENIED.
Disposition Government's motion denied; the case goes on The government's motion (to dismiss, or for summary judgment) was denied, so the case goes on. Counted as the applicant's ruling; a later decision in the case can still go either way. Read by a model
Based on the foregoing, Defendants’ motion to dismiss is DENIED.
Prevailing party Applicant Read by a model
Based on the foregoing, Defendants’ motion to dismiss is DENIED.
The delay claim The delay claim goes on Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court DENIES Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s APA and 16 Mandamus Act claims.
The other claims The delay claim goes on Read by a model
Court DENIES Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff's Fifth Amendment claim.
Months pending 58.7 months from the application to the suit; 66.5 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
in October 2018, 4 Plaintiff filed “follow-to-join” family reunification Form I-730 petitions
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Mootness argument rejected Read by a model
Thus, based on the foregoing, the Court finds Plaintiff’s claims are not moot.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 3:23-cv-01634
On the docket
This ruling (ECF 30)
Filed
September 6, 2023
Ended
August 14, 2024
Suit's filing to its end
343 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
voluntary dismissal 2024-08-14; idb disp 12 (dismissed: voluntarily)

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