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Alizhon Shamsiev v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

Central District of CaliforniaDean D. PregersonDecided May 21, 2025No. 5:24-cv-01521

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
a failure or refusal by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to adjudicate an application for immigration benefits, including an asylum application, within a reasonable time is subject to judicial review.
Form or filing I-589 (asylum) Read by a model
Plaintiff here has not adequately alleged an unreasonable delay in the adjudication of his asylum application.
What the suit asked for Decide the asylum application Read by a model
Plaintiff here has not adequately alleged an unreasonable delay in the adjudication of his asylum application.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Having considered the submissions of the parties, the court grants the motion, for the reasons described below.
Motion decided Other motion to dismiss Read by a model
Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Presently before the court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
Plaintiff here has not adequately alleged an unreasonable delay in the adjudication of his asylum application. Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.
Months pending 42 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Plaintiff here alleges a delay of “only” three and a half years.
TRAC factors The court weighed the TRAC factors
  • 1. Rule of reasonfavors the government
  • 2. Congressional timetablefavors the government
  • 3. Human health and welfarefavors the government
  • 4. Competing prioritiesfavors the government
  • 5. Interests prejudicedfavors the government
  • 6. No impropriety needednot reached
Read by a model
Although courts have found delays approaching five years to be borderline, and delay over six years to be unreasonable, Plaintiff here alleges a delay of “only” three and a half years.
Threshold rulings None Read by a model

How the case ended

Docket
No. 5:24-cv-01521
Filed
July 22, 2024
Ended
May 21, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
303 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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 Ninth Circuit authority

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