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Qazza v. Attorney General Of the United States

District of NebraskaBrian C. BuescherDecided February 20, 2026No. 8:25-cv-00116

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Thus, owing to changed circumstances, Qazza has already been provided with the relief he requested, because USCIS has already determined that it lacked jurisdiction over his Waiver Application.
Form or filing I-601 (waiver) Read by a model
Application for Waiver of Inadmissibility (Form I-601) filed on April 1, 2014.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Qazza seeks an order compelling Defendants to immediately grant or deny has application for I-601.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), Filing 21, is granted because Qazza’s claim is moot.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
This case is now before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for lack of subjectmatter jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1).
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
On December 23, 2025, Defendants filed the Motion to Dismiss now before the Court
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
For the reasons stated below, Defendants’ Motion is granted, and this case is dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction because the claim is moot.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
For the reasons stated below, Defendants’ Motion is granted, and this case is dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction because the claim is moot.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), Filing 21, is granted because Qazza’s claim is moot.
Months pending 9.5 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
On January 15, 2015, USCIS mailed Plaintiff a “Refund Letter” indicating the immigration court, not the agency, had jurisdiction to entertain his waiver of inadmissibility while removal proceedings were ongoing and, therefore, the agency was closing its review of the application
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Mootness of the case means that dismissal for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction is appropriate.
Nationality Jordan Read by a model
Pro se Plaintiff Suleiman Abed Maged Qazza, a national of Jordan

Other orders in this case

The group holds 2 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision, this one. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Qazza v. Attorney General Of the United States September 25, 2025 Joseph F. Bataillon Granted in the applicant's favor
Qazza v. Attorney General Of the United StatesThis decisionThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted February 20, 2026 Brian C. Buescher Dismissed as moot

How the case ended

Docket
No. 8:25-cv-00116
Filed
February 19, 2025
Ended
February 20, 2026
Suit's filing to its end
366 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 3 (dismissed: lack of jurisdiction)

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Supreme Court and Eighth Circuit authority

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