Mandamus decisions / Western District of Louisiana

Platero Perez v. Rice

Western District of LouisianaAlexander C Van HookDecided June 15, 2026No. 1:26-cv-01147

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Agency	USCIS Read by a model According to Perez, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) failed to timely adjudicate his application for a T visa.
Form or filing	I-914 (T visa) Read by a model According to Perez, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) failed to timely adjudicate his application for a T visa.
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 The Court will dismiss Perez’s complaint without prejudice.
Motion decided	Transfer Read by a model Since then, federal immigration authorities have removed Perez to his country of origin, El Salvador, and Perez has filed a motion to change venue to the District of Vermont where his T visa application is before the USCIS Vermont Service Center.
Whose motion	The plaintiff's motion Read by a model Perez has filed a motion to change venue to the District of Vermont where his T visa application is before the USCIS Vermont Service Center.
Disposition	Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model Therefore, the Court finds that Perez’s complaint is moot,
Prevailing party	Neither side Read by a model Therefore, the Court finds that Perez’s complaint is moot,
The delay claim	Moot: the agency acted Read by a model As such, the demands in Perez’s complaint for an order compelling USCIS to adjudicate his application are moot.
The other claims	Moot: the agency acted Read by a model Furthermore, because Perez has been removed, his detention has come to an end, and this Court could no longer order his release, which is the other relief Perez demanded in his complaint.
Months pending	Not stated at filing The agency acted before this decision, so the months up to the decision are not a delay and are not shown. Read by a model
TRAC factors	The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings	Held moot Read by a model Therefore, the Court finds that Perez’s complaint is moot,
Nationality	El Salvador Read by a model The petitioner, Victor Manuel Platero Perez (“Perez”), a citizen of El Salvador, filed a complaint for declaratory, injunctive, and mandamus relief.

How the case ended

Docket: No. 1:26-cv-01147
Filed: April 10, 2026
Ended: June 15, 2026
Suit's filing to its end: 66 days
How it ended: Ended once the agency acted
From the record: idb disp 3 (dismissed: lack of jurisdiction)

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 Fifth Circuit authority

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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.

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Cheejati v. Blinken, 106 F.4th 388

Fifth Circuit, July 5, 2024. The pace at which USCIS adjudicates adjustment applications during visa retrogression is a discretionary action under § 1255(a) that § 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) shields from review, agreeing with the Eighth Circuit's Thigulla.

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Mendoza-Tarango v. Flores, 982 F.3d 395

Fifth Circuit, December 8, 2020. A § 706(1) or mandamus claim requires a discrete, legally required action, and USCIS had no nondiscretionary duty to administer the naturalization oath at a prison.

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