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Gordan v. US Citizenship and Immigration Services

Western District of North CarolinaRobert J. Conrad, JrDecided September 21, 2021No. 3:21-cv-00473

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What the decision decided

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Agency Not recorded Read by a model
Form or filing I-765 (EAD) Read by a model
her I-765 application to renew her Employment Authorization Document (“EAD”)
What the suit asked for Issue a work permit Read by a model
Defendants’ alleged unreasonable delay in adjudicating her I-765 application to renew her Employment Authorization Document (“EAD”)
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Plaintiff’s Motion for TRO and Preliminary Injunction, (Doc. No. 5), is DENIED in part as to the TRO;
Motion decided Preliminary injunction or TRO Read by a model
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction.
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction.
Disposition Denied in the government's favor The principal motion was denied in full: relief the plaintiff asked for denied on the merits, such as summary judgment, an injunction or fees. The government's motion denied so the case goes on is listed apart. Read by a model
Plaintiff’s Motion for TRO and Preliminary Injunction, (Doc. No. 5), is DENIED in part as to the TRO;
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Thus, based on the currently presented evidence and five-month delay, the Court declines to grant a TRO.
The delay claim Relief denied Read by a model
Plaintiff’s Motion for TRO and Preliminary Injunction, (Doc. No. 5), is DENIED in part as to the TRO;
Months pending 5 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
which has been pending for approximately five months.
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. 3:21-cv-00473
On the docket
This ruling (ECF 7)
Filed
September 9, 2021
Ended
September 29, 2021
Suit's filing to its end
20 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
voluntary dismissal 2021-09-29; idb disp 12 (dismissed: voluntarily)

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Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit authority

District decisions bind no one. On the questions this decision raises, the Supreme Court decisions and the circuit's published decisions listed here bind this court; a circuit disposition marked nonprecedential was not published as precedent and is persuasive only. ImmCite status as read November 14, 2026. Check the current status before relying on one.