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Naramala v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

District of NebraskaRichard George KopfDecided October 29, 2021No. 4:21-cv-03289

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What the decision decided

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Agency Not recorded Read by a model
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
their Form I-485 Applications to Adjust Status
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Defendants’ delay in adjudicating their Form I-485 Applications to Adjust Status
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motions for Temporary Restraining Order (Filing 4 in 4:21CV3289; Filing 4 in 4:21CV3294) are denied.
Motion decided Preliminary injunction or TRO Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motions for Temporary Restraining Order (Filing 4 in 4:21CV3289; Filing 4 in 4:21CV3294) are denied.
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
The Plaintiffs in both of the above-captioned cases have filed Motions for Temporary Restraining Order (Filing 4 in both cases)
Disposition Denied in the government's favor The principal motion was denied in full: a motion to dismiss denied so the case goes on, or relief denied on the merits. Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motions for Temporary Restraining Order (Filing 4 in 4:21CV3289; Filing 4 in 4:21CV3294) are denied.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motions for Temporary Restraining Order (Filing 4 in 4:21CV3289; Filing 4 in 4:21CV3294) are denied.
The delay claim Relief denied Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ Motions for Temporary Restraining Order (Filing 4 in 4:21CV3289; Filing 4 in 4:21CV3294) are denied.
Months pending 12 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Defendants’ delay in adjudicating their Form I-485 Applications to Adjust Status filed one year ago
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
The government's delay arguments Line-jumping accepted Read by a model
In the absence of any showing that these plaintiffs are distinguishable from any other hopeful immigrants in the admittedly regrettable backlog of applications, then the Court cannot help but conclude that the public interest would be ill-served by ad hoc judicial intervention.
Threshold rulings None Read by a model

How the case ended

Docket
No. 4:21-cv-03289
Filed
October 19, 2021
Ended
November 2, 2021
Suit's filing to its end
14 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
decided 2021-11-02 on a voluntary dismissal; idb disp 12 (dismissed: voluntarily)

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Supreme Court and Eighth Circuit authority

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