Mandamus decisions / Eastern District of New York

Ali-Bappi v. Rubio

Eastern District of New YorkRamon E. Reyes Jr.Decided June 4, 2026No. 1:26-cv-02424

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What the decision decided

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Agency	Department of State Read by a model Rather than make an “individualized determination of admissibility,” the Department of State denied Akter’s application due to the pause on the issuance of immigration visas to Bangladesh.
Form or filing	221(g) (consular refusal); DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model Ali-Bappi’s petition seeks to “compel Defendants to complete adjudication” of his wife’s immigrant visa application “following a refusal under Section 221(g).”
What the suit asked for	Finish 221(g) processing Read by a model Ali-Bappi’s petition seeks to “compel Defendants to complete adjudication” of his wife’s immigrant visa application “following a refusal under Section 221(g).”
Kind of order	A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model Accordingly, Ali-Bappi’s motion for a temporary restraining order is DENIED.
Motion decided	Preliminary injunction or TRO Read by a model Accordingly, Ali-Bappi’s motion for a temporary restraining order is DENIED.
Whose motion	The plaintiff's motion Read by a model That same day, Ali-Bappi moved for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”).
Disposition	Denied in the government's favor 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 Accordingly, Ali-Bappi’s motion for a temporary restraining order is DENIED.
Prevailing party	Government Read by a model Accordingly, Ali-Bappi’s motion for a temporary restraining order is DENIED.
The delay claim	Relief denied Read by a model Accordingly, Ali-Bappi’s motion for a temporary restraining order is DENIED.
The other claims	Relief denied Read by a model Accordingly, Ali-Bappi’s motion for a temporary restraining order is DENIED.
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

Other orders in this case

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Decision	Decided	Judge	Disposition
Ali-Bappi v. RubioThis decision	June 4, 2026	Ramon E. Reyes Jr.	Denied in the government's favor
Ali-Bappi v. RubioThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted	September 17, 2026	Ramon E. Reyes Jr.	Remanded to the agency

How the case ended

Docket: No. 1:26-cv-02424
Filed: April 23, 2026
Ended: September 18, 2026
Suit's filing to its end: 148 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 Second Circuit authority

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Department of State v. Muñoz, 602 U.S. 899

Supreme Court, June 21, 2024. A U.S. citizen has no fundamental liberty interest in a noncitizen spouse's admission, so marriage alone entitles the citizen neither to Mandel review of the consular refusal nor to an explanation beyond the statutory citation.

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Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. 667

Supreme Court, June 26, 2018. Mandel's facially-legitimate-and-bona-fide standard governs constitutional challenges to entry restrictions, and a citation to a valid statutory ground ordinarily satisfies it.

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Kleindienst v. Mandel, 408 U.S. 753

Supreme Court, June 29, 1972. When a visa refusal burdens a U.S. citizen's own constitutional rights, courts ask only whether the Executive gave a facially legitimate and bona fide reason and do not look behind it.

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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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American Academy of Religion v. Napolitano, 573 F.3d 115

Second Circuit, July 17, 2009. Where a visa refusal implicates U.S. citizens' First Amendment rights, Mandel review applies: the government must identify a properly construed statutory ground and the officer's reason to believe it applies, and the applicant must have a chance to rebut a knowing material-support charge.

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Chen v. Rubio, 158 F.4th 393

Second Circuit, October 29, 2025. After Muñoz, consular nonreviewability insulates relatives' visa refusals from a citizen sponsor's challenge, and the claims were properly dismissed with prejudice.

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