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Chaudhry v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

Western District of WashingtonRichard A. JonesDecided January 6, 2020No. 2:19-cv-01097

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
In this case, USCIS has adjudicated Plaintiff’s Form N-400 application for naturalization: he was interviewed by USCIS on October 3, 2019 and his application was denied on November 4, 2019.
Form or filing N-400 (naturalization) Read by a model
Plaintiff Muhammad Chaudhry filed a Form N-400, application for naturalization, most recently on November 19, 2013.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Plaintiff filed this action for declaratory and mandamus relief related to his naturalization application on July 16, 2019.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the reasons stated above, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; Summary judgment Read by a model
summary judgment for naturalization as well as a motion to declare the Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program (CARRP) unconstitutional. Dkt. ## 11, 12. On November 27, 2019, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint based on lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on Defendant’s motion to dismiss.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Consequently, Plaintiff’s mandamus claim is moot because there is no other relief that this Court can provide.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Consequently, Plaintiff’s mandamus claim is moot because there is no other relief that this Court can provide.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Consequently, Plaintiff’s mandamus claim is moot because there is no other relief that this Court can provide.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Additionally, the Court is without jurisdiction to consider the merits Plaintiff’s purported naturalization claim, which is governed by 8 U.S.C. §1421(c).
Months pending 67.8 months from the application to the suit; 71.5 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
his application was denied on November 4, 2019.
Months since the naturalization interview 1.1 months from the interview (2019-10-03) Read by a model
he was interviewed by USCIS on October 3, 2019
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Consequently, Plaintiff’s mandamus claim is moot because there is no other relief that this Court can provide.

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
Chaudhry v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services November 27, 2019 Richard A. Jones Sanctions order
Chaudhry v. United States Citizenship and Immigration ServicesThis decisionThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted January 6, 2020 Richard A. Jones Dismissed

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:19-cv-01097
Filed
July 16, 2019
Ended
January 7, 2020
Suit's filing to its end
175 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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 Ninth Circuit authority

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