Mandamus decisions / Northern District of Ohio
Jamil v. Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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| Agency | Not recorded Read by a model |
|---|---|
| Form or filing |
I-130 (relative petition)
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Plaintiff’s two longpending Form I-130 Petitions for Alien Relative (‘Form I-130’) |
| What the suit asked for |
Decide the application
Read by a model
seeks to compel a discrete agency action from Defendants to adjudicate at least one of Plaintiff’s two longpending Form I-130 Petitions for Alien Relative (‘Form I-130’) that have been unreasonably delayed. |
| Kind of order |
A stipulated or agreed order
Read by a model
Accordingly, based upon Jamil’s express non-opposition to the Motion to Dismiss, the Court GRANTS the Motion to Dismiss. |
| Motion decided |
Other motion to dismiss
Read by a model
Accordingly, based upon Jamil’s express non-opposition to the Motion to Dismiss, the Court GRANTS the Motion to Dismiss. |
| Whose motion |
The government's motion
Read by a model
On August 26, 2026, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss. |
| Disposition |
Stipulated or agreed order
An order the parties asked for together, or the plaintiff's own dismissal. Not counted as either side's win.
Read by a model
Accordingly, based upon Jamil’s express non-opposition to the Motion to Dismiss, the Court GRANTS the Motion to Dismiss. |
| Prevailing party |
Neither side
Read by a model
Accordingly, based upon Jamil’s express non-opposition to the Motion to Dismiss, the Court GRANTS the Motion to Dismiss. |
| The delay claim |
Dismissed
Read by a model
Accordingly, based upon Jamil’s express non-opposition to the Motion to Dismiss, the Court GRANTS the Motion to Dismiss. |
| 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. 1:26-cv-01200
- Filed
- May 25, 2026
- Ended
- September 25, 2026
- Suit's filing to its end
- 123 days
- How it ended
- Ended, outcome not recorded
- From the record
- terminated; no disposition recorded
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 Sixth 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 14, 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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Barrios Garcia v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 25 F.4th 430
Sixth Circuit, February 10, 2022. Courts may review and compel unreasonably delayed U-visa waitlist placement and bona fide determinations under TRAC, though not discretionary pre-waitlist work authorization, disagreeing in part with the Fourth Circuit's Gonzalez.
ImmCite: unchecked, treatment not confirmed yet, not evidence either way. No verified adverse treatment has been found so far. All 2 precedential decisions citing this case have been reviewed as of 2026-11-13.