Mandamus decisions / Northern District of Texas

Chirino Terrero v. Montgomery et al

Northern District of TexasBrantley StarrDecided January 8, 2026

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Agency	USCIS Read by a model Joseph Edlow, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, to adjudicate her pending I-485 application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.
Form or filing	I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model her pending I-485 application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
What the suit asked for	Decide the application Read by a model to adjudicate her pending I-485 application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.
Kind of order	A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model The case is thus DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
Motion decided	None Read by a model
Whose motion	The court on its own Read by a model The Court accordingly DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE this case and grants the Ms. Terrero twenty-eight (28) days to refile her complaint and address the Court’s concerns.
Disposition	Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model The case is thus DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
Prevailing party	Government Read by a model The case is thus DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
The delay claim	Dismissed Read by a model The case is thus DISMISSED 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	Section 1252(a)(2)(B) bar applied Read by a model The Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate what Congress has said it cannot adjudicate, and Ms. Terrero has failed to present any statutory authority proving the government lacks discretion regarding the actions she challenges.

Other orders in this case

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Decision	Decided	Judge	Disposition
Chirino Terrero v. Montgomery et alThis decision	January 8, 2026	Brantley Starr	Dismissed
Chirino Terrero v. MontgomeryThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted	February 9, 2026	Brantley David Starr	Dismissed

How the case ended

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Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit authority

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Kucana v. Holder, 558 U.S. 233

Supreme Court, January 20, 2010. Section 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) bars review only of decisions whose discretionary character is specified by statute, not discretion the agency gives itself by regulation.

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Patel v. Garland, 596 U.S. 328

Supreme Court, May 16, 2022. Section 1252(a)(2)(B)(i) bars review of any judgment regarding the granting of the listed forms of relief, including the factual findings on which a denial of adjustment rests.

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Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, 604 U.S. 6

Supreme Court, December 10, 2024. Revoking an approved visa petition under § 1155 is a discretionary decision or action that § 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) places beyond judicial review.

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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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