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Mandamus decisions / Southern District of New York

Viktoriia v. Cioppa

Southern District of New YorkAlvin K. HellersteinDecided March 20, 2025No. 1:24-cv-08958

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
On November 22, 2024, Plaintiff filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus, compelling Defendant, the New York District Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, to adjudicate her asylum application.
Form or filing I-589 (asylum) Read by a model
to adjudicate her asylum application.
What the suit asked for Decide the asylum application Read by a model
to adjudicate her asylum application.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Accordingly, I dismiss this case without prejudice.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
the court--on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff-must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Accordingly, I dismiss this case without prejudice.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Accordingly, I dismiss this case without prejudice.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
Accordingly, I dismiss this case 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. 1:24-cv-08958
On the docket
This ruling (ECF 7)
Filed
November 22, 2024
Ended
March 21, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
119 days
How it ended
Dismissed, ground not recorded
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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Supreme Court and Second Circuit authority

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