Mandamus decisions / Western District of Louisiana
Cruz Gonzalez v. Winn Correctional Center
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What the decision decided
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| Agency |
ICE
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He was subsequently transferred to ICE custody based on the removal order when he was a child. |
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| Form or filing | None named Read by a model |
| What the suit asked for |
Some other action
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direct Respondents, within three days, to refer Petitioner to a USCIS asylum officer for a reasonable-fear interview under 8 C.F.R. §§ 241.8(e) and 208.31, and to file notice of the referral with the Court; |
| Kind of order |
A ruling on a motion or the petition
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As such, the Court finds that a temporary restraining order is warranted |
| Motion decided |
Preliminary injunction or TRO
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As such, the Court finds that a temporary restraining order is warranted |
| Whose motion |
The plaintiff's motion
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Petitioner’s Motion requests that the Court (1) direct Respondents to file a return and show cause within three days why the Petition should not be granted, 28 U.S.C. § 2243; |
| Disposition |
Granted in part
The principal motion was granted in part and denied in part.
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2) is GRANTED in part, to the extent that Respondents are prohibited from removing |
| Prevailing party |
Each side in part
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2) is GRANTED in part, to the extent that Respondents are prohibited from removing |
| The delay claim |
Not decided here
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondents shall file a response to Petitioner’s requested relief in this Motion within 3 days of this Order (28 U.S.C. § 2243) to show cause why Petitioner should not be granted a reasonable-fear interview. |
| The other claims |
Not decided here
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Respondents are prohibited from removing Petitioner, Arles Silvio Cruz Gonzalez (A#096-040-086) from the United States until the Court determines if he is entitled to a reasonable-fear interview |
| 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 |
| Nationality |
Nicaragua
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Petitioner, Arles Silvio Cruz Gonzalez (A#096-040-086) is a native and citizen of Nicaragua. |
Other orders in this case
The group holds 2 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision. How decisions are grouped into cases.
| Decision | Decided | Judge | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruz Gonzalez v. Winn Correctional CenterThis decision | September 17, 2026 | James D. Cain Jr. | Granted in part |
| Cruz Gonzalez v. Winn Correctional CenterThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted | September 28, 2026 | James David Cain Jr. | Dismissed as moot |
How the case ended
- Docket
- No. 1:26-cv-03610
- Filed
- September 16, 2026
- Status
- Pending as of the last docket check
A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why.
Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit authority
District decisions bind no one. On the questions this decision raises, the Supreme Court decisions and the circuit's published decisions listed here bind this court; a circuit disposition marked nonprecedential was not published as precedent and is persuasive only. ImmCite status as read November 3, 2026. Check the current status before relying on one.
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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.
ImmCite: treatment available, history exists, not clearance
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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.
ImmCite: treatment available, history exists, not clearance
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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.
ImmCite: unchecked, treatment not confirmed yet, not evidence either way. ImmCite has found no published decision citing this case as of 2026-11-01; it checks for new citing decisions daily. That is not a determination that the case is good law. The citation index lists 7 other decisions citing it, none a Supreme Court, BIA or Attorney General precedent or a published circuit opinion; ImmCite's status does not review them.