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Lin v. Mayorkas

District of MarylandGeorge Jarrod HazelDecided December 21, 2022No. 8:22-cv-01131

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiff states that USCIS received her I-601A application on December 14, 2020, and as of May 10, 2022, they had not adjudicated her application.
Form or filing I-601A (provisional waiver) Read by a model
In her Complaint, Plaintiff states that “on December 14, 2020, USCIS received [her] I-601A Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver[.]”
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
seeking an order requiring Defendants to adjudicate her I-601A application in a timely manner.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the following reasons, Defendants’ motion is granted.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim Read by a model
Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss or in the Alternative for Summary Judgment.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss or in the Alternative for Summary Judgment.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Thus, the Court must dismiss the Complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, Defendant’s motion is granted.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
Thus, the Court must dismiss the Complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Months pending 16.8 months from the application to the suit; 24.2 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
on December 14, 2020, USCIS received [her] I-601A Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver[.]
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. 8:22-cv-01131
Filed
May 10, 2022
Ended
December 21, 2022
Suit's filing to its end
225 days
How it ended
Dismissed, ground not recorded
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why.

Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit authority

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