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Mahmoud v. Mayorkas

Northern District of TexasMark PittmanDecided September 22, 2025No. 4:24-cv-00589

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Mahmoud’s claims seek to compel USCIS to adjudicate his Form I-589.
Form or filing I-589 (asylum) Read by a model
Form I-589 Application for Asylum and for Withholding Removal (“Form I-589”)
What the suit asked for Decide the asylum application Read by a model
Mahmoud’s claims seek to compel USCIS to adjudicate his Form I-589.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED and the claims against Defendants are hereby DISMISSED with prejudice.
Motion decided Summary judgment Read by a model
The Magistrate Judge entered an FCR recommending that the undersigned grant Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
The Magistrate Judge converted Defendants’ motion into a Motion for Summary Judgment pursuant to Rule 12(d)
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED and the claims against Defendants are hereby DISMISSED with prejudice.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED and the claims against Defendants are hereby DISMISSED with prejudice.
The delay claim Relief denied Read by a model
Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED and the claims against Defendants are hereby DISMISSED with prejudice.
Months pending 15 months from the application to the suit; 30.3 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
In March 2023, Mahmoud sought asylum in the United States by filing a Form I-589 Application for Asylum and for Withholding Removal (“Form I-589”) with Defendants.
TRAC factors The court weighed the TRAC factors
  • 1. Rule of reasonfavors the government
  • 2. Congressional timetablenot reached
  • 3. Human health and welfarenot reached
  • 4. Competing prioritiesnot reached
  • 5. Interests prejudicednot reached
  • 6. No impropriety needednot reached
Read by a model
Having reviewed these authorities and the record in this case, the Court agrees that LIFO constitutes a “rule of reason.”
The government's delay arguments First-in, first-out processing accepted Read by a model
Having reviewed these authorities and the record in this case, the Court agrees that LIFO constitutes a “rule of reason.”
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality Egypt Read by a model
Plaintiff Atef Mahmoud, a native and citizen of the Arab Republic of Egypt (“ARE”)

Other orders in this case

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DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Mahmoud v. Mayorkas et al August 22, 2025 Magistrate judge's recommendation
Mahmoud v. MayorkasThis decisionThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted September 22, 2025 Mark Pittman Dismissed

How the case ended

Docket
No. 4:24-cv-00589
Filed
June 24, 2024
Ended
September 22, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
455 days
How it ended
Ended, outcome not recorded
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for unknown

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Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit authority

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