Mandamus decisions / Eastern District of Michigan
Osman v. US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Director of
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What the decision decided
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| Agency | Not recorded Read by a model |
|---|---|
| Form or filing |
I-131 (travel document)
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pending I- 131 (Application for Travel Documents) |
| What the suit asked for |
Some other action
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Plaintiffs move for a preliminary injunction, requesting that the Court order defendant to adjudicate plaintiff Sarah Osman’s (“Osman”) pending I- 131 (Application for Travel Documents) within thirty days. |
| Kind of order |
A ruling on a motion or the petition
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OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (ECF NO. 6) |
| Motion decided |
Preliminary injunction or TRO
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Accordingly, plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is DENIED. |
| Whose motion |
The plaintiff's motion
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Plaintiffs move for a preliminary injunction, requesting that the Court order defendant to adjudicate plaintiff Sarah Osman’s (“Osman”) pending I- 131 (Application for Travel Documents) within thirty days. |
| Disposition |
Denied in the government's favor
The principal motion was denied in full: relief the plaintiff asked for denied on the merits, such as summary judgment, an injunction or fees. The government's motion denied so the case goes on is listed apart.
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Accordingly, plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is DENIED. |
| Prevailing party |
Government
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Accordingly, plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is DENIED. |
| The delay claim |
Relief denied
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Accordingly, plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is DENIED. |
| 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. 4:26-cv-10886
- On the docket
- This ruling (ECF 10), deciding the motion (ECF 6)
- Filed
- March 17, 2026
- Ended
- August 22, 2026
- Suit's filing to its end
- 158 days
- How it ended
- Ended once the agency acted
- From the record
- voluntary dismissal 2026-08-22
A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why. Other suits in this court.
The ruling's entry is the docket's one order or judgment entered the day of the decision, and the motion number is read from that entry's text. Both come from CourtListener's copy of the docket; check them there.
Supreme Court and Sixth Circuit authority
District decisions bind no one. On the questions this decision raises, the Supreme Court decisions and the circuit's published decisions listed here bind this court; a circuit disposition marked nonprecedential was not published as precedent and is persuasive only. ImmCite status as read November 14, 2026. Check the current status before relying on one.
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Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 542 U.S. 55
Supreme Court, June 14, 2004. Section 706(1) and mandamus reach only a discrete agency action that the agency is legally required to take, so a court cannot compel programmatic improvements or action the law leaves to agency discretion.
ImmCite: treatment available, history exists, not clearance
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Barrios Garcia v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 25 F.4th 430
Sixth Circuit, February 10, 2022. Courts may review and compel unreasonably delayed U-visa waitlist placement and bona fide determinations under TRAC, though not discretionary pre-waitlist work authorization, disagreeing in part with the Fourth Circuit's Gonzalez.
ImmCite: unchecked, treatment not confirmed yet, not evidence either way. No verified adverse treatment has been found so far. All 2 precedential decisions citing this case have been reviewed as of 2026-11-13.