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Issack v. Blinken

District of MinnesotaPatrick J. SchiltzDecided August 28, 2025No. 0:24-cv-04219

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What the decision decided

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
For these reasons, the Court concludes that the complaint has plausibly pleaded that the State Department has not yet discharged its duty under the INA to adjudicate Abdulle’s visa application.
Form or filing 221(g) (consular refusal); DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
to render a decision on Abdulle’s application for an immigrant visa.
What the suit asked for Finish 221(g) processing Read by a model
On November 18, 2024—which was about 11 months after Abdulle’s consular interview—Issack and Abdulle initiated this lawsuit seeking to compel the State Department to finish adjudicating his application.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss [ECF No. 5] is GRANTED.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on the State Department’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on the State Department’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
The complaint is therefore dismissed.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss [ECF No. 5] is GRANTED.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
plaintiffs have not pleaded a plausible claim of unreasonable delay. The complaint is therefore dismissed.
Months pending 11.1 months from the application to the suit; 20.4 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
The U.S. Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone scheduled Abdulle for a consular interview on December 15, 2023.
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 applicant
  • 4. Competing prioritiesfavors the government
  • 5. Interests prejudicedfavors the applicant
  • 6. No impropriety neededfavors the government
Read by a model
The first two TRAC factors strongly favor the State Department.
The government's delay arguments Line-jumping accepted Read by a model
Ordering the State Department to adjudicate his application would reshuffle the queue, placing Abdulle at its head, in front of other applicants who have waited as long as or longer than Abdulle.
Threshold rulings Duty to re-adjudicate a 221(g) refusal found Read by a model
For these reasons, the Court concludes that the complaint has plausibly pleaded that the State Department has not yet discharged its duty under the INA to adjudicate Abdulle’s visa application.
Nationality Sierra Leone Read by a model
Issack’s husband, Abdulle, is a citizen and resident of Sierra Leone.
I-130 category Immediate relative Read by a model
Abdulle is one of many thousands of people seeking an immediate‐relative immigrant visa.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 0:24-cv-04219
Filed
November 18, 2024
Ended
August 28, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
283 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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