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Weir v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Service

Eastern District of New YorkEric KomiteeDecided September 22, 2021No. 2:19-cv-02223

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
On April 16, 2019, Plaintiff commenced this action requesting a writ of mandamus directing USCIS and two of its employees, Thomas Cioppa and I. Bolivar,1 to “make a decision” on the N-336 application.
Form or filing N-336 Read by a model
Plaintiff sought review of that decision through an “N-336 Request for a Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings” (the “N-336”).
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
On April 16, 2019, Plaintiff commenced this action requesting a writ of mandamus directing USCIS and two of its employees, Thomas Cioppa and I. Bolivar,1 to “make a decision” on the N-336 application.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration is denied.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
On October 19, Plaintiff moved for reconsideration of that decision.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
dismissed the mandamus petition as moot in light of USCIS’s April 17 decision.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
dismissed the mandamus petition as moot in light of USCIS’s April 17 decision.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
dismissed the mandamus petition as moot in light of USCIS’s April 17 decision.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Judge Mauskopf dismissed defendant Cioppa based on improper service of process and dismissed the Bivens against Bolivar for failure to state a claim.
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

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
Weir v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Service September 28, 2020 Roslynn R. Mauskopf Dismissed
Weir v. United States Citizenship and Immigration ServiceThis decisionThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted September 22, 2021 Eric Komitee Dismissed

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:19-cv-02223
Filed
April 16, 2019
Ended
August 15, 2023
Suit's filing to its end
1,582 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 17 (judgment: other), judgment for defendant

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Supreme Court and Second Circuit authority

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