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Mandamus decisions / Southern District of Texas

Saad v. Blinken

Southern District of TexasGeorge C Hanks, JrDecided March 25, 2024No. 4:23-cv-00036

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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 ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
it is hereby ORDERED that said Motion is GRANTED.
Motion decided Other motion to dismiss Read by a model
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint for a Writ of Mandamus is Moot; it is hereby ORDERED that said Motion is GRANTED.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint for a Writ of Mandamus
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that the Plaintiffs’ complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that the Plaintiffs’ complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
IT IS ORDERED that the Plaintiffs’ complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice.
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. 4:23-cv-00036
On the docket
This ruling (ECF 9), deciding the motion (ECF 8)
Filed
January 5, 2023
Ended
March 25, 2024
Suit's filing to its end
445 days
How it ended
Dismissed, ground not recorded
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit authority

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