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Lima Vargas v. Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service

Eastern District of TexasAileen Goldman DurrettDecided June 26, 2026No. 4:26-cv-00446

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiffs challenge Defendant USCIS’s alleged delay in deciding their pending applications for lawful permanent residence pursuant to the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 (“CAA”) (Dkt. #4 at p. 2).
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status); I-765 (EAD) Read by a model
Each has filed a Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status under the CAA and a corresponding Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization (Dkt. #4 at pp. 2–3).
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
(b) order USCIS to adjudicate each of Plaintiffs’ pending applications within a date certain;
Kind of order A magistrate judge's recommendation Read by a model
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
In reviewing the Amended Complaint, the court recommends that the instant matter be severed into separate cases, and that two of the three cases be transferred to the proper division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Disposition Magistrate judge's recommendation A magistrate judge's report and recommendation. The district judge decides whether to adopt it, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the court recommends that the instant lawsuit be severed and transferred to the proper divisions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
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 Cuba Read by a model
Plaintiffs are five Cuban nationals and citizens and one Venezuelan national and citizen

How the case ended

Docket
No. 4:26-cv-00446
Filed
April 27, 2026
Status
Pending as of the last docket check

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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.