Passim

Mandamus decisions / Southern District of Florida

Romero-Fornaris v. Director, Kendall Field Office, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Southern District of FloridaRodolfo Armando Ruiz IIDecided March 14, 2025No. 1:25-cv-21206

Read the decisionOriginal on CourtListener

2,914 written decisions from 2,661 cases in the whole mandamus and agency-delay group, the group's newest decided October 30, 2026. Updated November 3, 2026 at 1:24 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
USCIS shall issue a decision on Plaintiff’s application for naturalization within thirty (30) days from the date of this Order.
Form or filing N-400 (naturalization) Read by a model
Pursuant to § 1447(b), USCIS has 120 days from the date of the naturalization interview to adjudicate an N-400 application.
What the suit asked for Naturalization hearing or remand (1447(b)) Read by a model
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Complaint for a Hearing on a Naturalization Application Under 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) (“Complaint”), filed on March 14, 2025.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Here, the Court elects to follow the majority of courts which have remanded similar cases back to USCIS for a final determination.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Complaint for a Hearing on a Naturalization Application Under 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) (“Complaint”), filed on March 14, 2025.
Disposition Remanded to the agency Sent back to the agency, with or without instructions. Read by a model
This case is REMANDED to USCIS for further proceedings.
Prevailing party Applicant Read by a model
USCIS shall issue a decision on Plaintiff’s application for naturalization within thirty (30) days from the date of this Order.
The delay claim Remanded to the agency Read by a model
This case is REMANDED to USCIS for further proceedings.
Months pending Not stated A section 1447(b) suit: these months run from the naturalization application. The statute's 120 days run from the interview, which they do not measure. 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. 1:25-cv-21206
Filed
March 13, 2025
Ended
March 14, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
1 days
How it ended
Remanded to the agency
From the record
idb disp 11 (remanded to U.S. agency)

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 Eleventh 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.