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Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas

Central District of CaliforniaOtis D. Wright IIDecided October 26, 2022No. 2:22-cv-01510

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
The TVPRA also amended the SIJ statute to require USCIS to adjudicate SIJ petitions within 180 days of filing.
Form or filing I-360 (special immigrant petition) Read by a model
(2) the immigrant files a Form I-360 petition for SIJ status with the USCIS;
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
The first component challenges the bare fact that for some of the individual Plaintiffs and the putative Class members, USCIS has taken longer than 180 days to adjudicate SIJ petitions, as directly violative of 8 U.S.C. § 1232(d)(2).
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim Read by a model
Defendants now move to dismiss the First Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6).
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants now move to dismiss the First Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6).
Disposition Dismissed in part; some claims go on The government's motion to dismiss was granted in part: some claims were dismissed and others go on. Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion is otherwise denied, and Plaintiffs’ second claim remains viable in its entirety.
Prevailing party Each side in part Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion is otherwise denied, and Plaintiffs’ second claim remains viable in its entirety.
The delay claim The delay claim goes on Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion is otherwise denied, and Plaintiffs’ second claim remains viable in its entirety.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ first claim is dismissed with leave to amend as provided herein.
Months pending 15.4 months from the application to the suit; 23.1 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Rene Gabriel Flores Merino, twenty years old; SIJ petition filed November 23, 2020; SIJ status petition granted November 9, 2021.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Mootness argument rejected Read by a model
Defendants argue in the Reply that Montes has no live stake in the outcome of the direct-violation component of the claim because USCIS has already approved his SIJ petition. (Reply 2, ECF No. 46.) This argument suffers from two flaws.

Other orders in this case

The group holds 3 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro MayorkasThis decision October 26, 2022 Otis D. Wright II Dismissed in part; some claims go on
Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas May 25, 2023 Otis D. Wright II Granted in part
Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro MayorkasThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted July 31, 2023 Otis D. Wright II Granted in part

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:22-cv-01510
Filed
March 7, 2022
Ended
August 15, 2023
Suit's filing to its end
526 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 17 (judgment: other), judgment for defendant

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