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(PS) Gebrekirstos v. USCIS

Eastern District of CaliforniaCarolyn K. DelaneyDecided November 14, 2025No. 2:25-cv-02283

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What the decision decided

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Agency Not recorded Read by a model
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A magistrate judge's recommendation Read by a model
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
On October 10, 2025, the Court issued an order to show cause within fourteen (14) days why this case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute.
Disposition Magistrate judge's recommendation A magistrate judge's report and recommendation. The district judge decides whether to adopt it, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that: 1. Plaintiffs’ claims be DISMISSED without prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b); and
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
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. 2:25-cv-02283
Filed
August 12, 2025
Ended
February 9, 2026
Suit's filing to its end
181 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 12 (dismissed: voluntarily)

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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