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Roe v. Mayorkas

District of MassachusettsAllison Dale BurroughsDecided October 2, 2024No. 1:22-cv-10808

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
If an applicant is outside of the United States, USCIS, through its Humanitarian Affairs Branch (“HAB”),5 processes and adjudicates HP applications.6
Form or filing I-131 (travel document) Read by a model
In each scenario, the application requires the filing of a Form I-131 Allocation for Travel Document.
What the suit asked for Some other action Read by a model
“order[ing] the agency to adjudicate the parole applications of the Moving Plaintiffs under” the August 31, 2021 adjudication standards.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Moving Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is DENIED.
Motion decided Preliminary injunction or TRO Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Moving Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is DENIED.
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Moving Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is DENIED.
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
For the foregoing reasons, Moving Plaintiffs’ motion, [ECF No. 101], is DENIED.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
it is nonetheless unable to grant injunctive relief given its finding that Moving Plaintiffs are unlikely to succeed on the merits.
The other claims Relief denied Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Moving Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is DENIED.
Months pending 8.7 months from the application to the suit; 39.1 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
The Moving Plaintiffs1 are Afghan nationals who sought HP in the late summer and fall of 2021 and their U.S.-based relatives.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality Afghanistan Read by a model
The Moving Plaintiffs1 are Afghan nationals who sought HP in the late summer and fall of 2021 and their U.S.-based relatives.

Other orders in this case

The group holds 4 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Roe v. Mayorkas May 12, 2023 Allison Dale Burroughs Dismissed in part; some claims go on
Roe v. Mayorkas October 2, 2024 Allison D. Burroughs Discovery or record order
Roe v. MayorkasThis decision October 2, 2024 Allison Dale Burroughs Denied in the government's favor
Roe et al v. Mayorkas et alThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted June 6, 2025 Allison D. Burroughs Dismissed as moot

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:22-cv-10808
Filed
May 25, 2022
Ended
June 9, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
1,111 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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Supreme Court and First Circuit authority

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