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Yang v. Jaddou

Southern District of New YorkLaura Taylor SwainDecided October 14, 2021

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiff, who resides in Queens County, New York, alleges that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS) has unreasonably delayed adjudicating the I-730 Refugee Asylee Relative Petition that she filed in 2018 for her son.
Form or filing I-730 (refugee or asylee relative petition) Read by a model
the I-730 Refugee Asylee Relative Petition that she filed in 2018 for her son.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
She brings this action under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 555(b), 706(1), and seeks a writ of mandamus directing CIS to determine the I-730 petition.
Kind of order A transfer order Read by a model
The Clerk of Court is directed to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court transfers this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
Disposition Transferred to another court An order moving the case to another court. It decides where the suit is heard, not who wins, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
The Clerk of Court is directed to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
The Clerk of Court is directed to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
The Clerk of Court is directed to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Months pending 39.5 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
the I-730 Refugee Asylee Relative Petition that she filed in 2018 for her son.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model

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