Passim

Mandamus decisions / Northern District of California

Yousefisahi v. Edlow

Northern District of CaliforniaLisa J. CisnerosDecided September 25, 2026No. 3:25-cv-09728

Read the decisionOriginal on CourtListener

2,917 written decisions from 2,664 cases in the whole mandamus and agency-delay group, the group's newest decided October 30, 2026. Updated November 3, 2026 at 7:07 a.m. CT; the Passim connector counts the live collection, which can differ by the day's additions and retirements (which total to quote). Coverage: of the 1,606 public decisions since January 1, 2025 that a CourtListener and GovInfo search for mandamus and agency delay finds, Passim holds 1,371 (85%), measured November 3, 2026. Some of what that search finds are not mandamus decisions. Tell us about a decision we're missing.

These are counts of past written decisions and dockets, not predictions of how any case will be decided. A distribution appears only when at least 5 decisions (or 5 dockets) are behind it; smaller groups are listed, not summarized. How it's counted.

What the decision decided

Each value cites the passage it was read from. Values read by a model were checked against that passage; values read by rule come from fixed text patterns. Read the decision before relying on either.

Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiff Soheyl Yousefisahi brings this action against Defendant Joseph Edlow, Director 15 of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), to compel resolution of Plaintiff’s I-485 16 application to adjust status to permanent residence.
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
filed an I-485 application to adjust status on February 9, 2024.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
to compel resolution of Plaintiff’s I-485 16 application to adjust status to permanent residence.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Both parties’ Motions for Summary Judgment are DENIED except as to the limited relief 4 ordered above.
Motion decided Summary judgment Read by a model
Both parties’ Motions for Summary Judgment are DENIED except as to the limited relief 4 ordered above.
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
The parties filed and briefed cross-motions for summary judgment.
Disposition Denied, neither side prevailed The principal motion was denied in full: a motion to dismiss denied so the case goes on, or relief denied on the merits. Read by a model
Except for that limited relief, both parties’ Motions for 9 Summary Judgment are DENIED.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Both parties’ Motions for Summary Judgment are DENIED except as to the limited relief 4 ordered above.
The delay claim The delay claim goes on Read by a model
The Court will resolve this case through a bench trial if 10 Plaintiff’s application is not resolved by the time of the parties’ status report or otherwise before 11 trial.
Months pending 21.1 months from the application to the suit; 31.5 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
filed an I-485 application to adjust status on February 9, 2024.
TRAC factors The court weighed the TRAC factors
  • 1. Rule of reasonfavors the applicant
  • 2. Congressional timetablefavors the applicant
  • 3. Human health and welfareneutral
  • 4. Competing prioritiesneutral
  • 5. Interests prejudicedneutral
  • 6. No impropriety needednot reached
Read by a model
Overall, considerations relevant to the first factor’s “rule of reason” (and not more 22 specifically captured by other factors below) range from neutral to slightly favoring a finding of 23 unreasonable delay.
The government's delay arguments First-in, first-out processing found neutral; Line-jumping found neutral Read by a model
USCIS’s process for adjudicating Plaintiff’s application, or I-485 7 applications more generally, therefore, does not weigh in favor of either side.
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality Iran Read by a model
Plaintiff, a national of Iran,

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, this one. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Yousefisahi v. Edlow May 18, 2026 Lisa J. Cisneros Denied in the applicant's favor
Yousefisahi v. EdlowThis decisionThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted September 25, 2026 Lisa J. Cisneros Denied, neither side prevailed

How the case ended

Docket
No. 3:25-cv-09728
Filed
November 12, 2025
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. Other suits in this court.

Supreme Court and Ninth 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.