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Tharlapally v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Service

Northern District of TexasDavid L. HoranDecided April 21, 2021No. 3:21-cv-00475

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiffs are H-4 applicants and visa holders and sue the USCIS alleging unlawful delay in its adjudicating applications they need to work in the United States.
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Issue a work permit Read by a model
Plaintiffs are H-4 applicants and visa holders and sue the USCIS alleging unlawful delay in its adjudicating applications they need to work in the United States.
Kind of order A discovery or record order Read by a model
QUASHES the subpoenas, and ENTERS A PROTECTIVE ORDER prohibiting discovery until USCIS files the administrative record or until further order of the Court.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
the USCIS’s motion to quash subpoena and for a protective order and motion to stay the April 27, 2021 deposition of John Pearce
Disposition Discovery or record order An order on discovery or the administrative record. It decides no claim, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
QUASHES the subpoenas, and ENTERS A PROTECTIVE ORDER prohibiting discovery until USCIS files the administrative record or until further order of the Court.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
QUASHES the subpoenas, and ENTERS A PROTECTIVE ORDER prohibiting discovery until USCIS files the administrative record or until further order of the Court.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
ENTERS A PROTECTIVE ORDER prohibiting discovery until USCIS files the administrative record or until further order of the Court.
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. 3:21-cv-00475
Filed
March 3, 2021
Ended
July 7, 2021
Suit's filing to its end
126 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 13 (dismissed: settled)

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 Fifth Circuit authority

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