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Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Blinken

District of ColumbiaTanya S. ChutkanDecided November 30, 2022No. 1:18-cv-01388

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What the decision decided

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
For starters, the United States has withdrawn its troops from Afghanistan and completely suspended operations in its Embassy in Kabul.
Form or filing DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
Plaintiffs are a class of Afghan and Iraqi Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) applicants whose applications have been pending for more than nine months despite Congress’s instruction that they should be processed within that time.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Based on that conclusion, the court ordered the parties to develop a joint plan for “promptly processing and adjudicating the applications of current class members.”
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
the court will GRANT in part and DENY in part the government’s Motion for Relief from Judgment, ECF No. 163
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion for Relief from Judgment, ECF No. 163, and Plaintiffs’ Cross Motion to Enforce and Clarify the Court’s Orders, ECF No. 169.
Disposition Granted in part The principal motion was granted in part and denied in part. Read by a model
the court will GRANT in part and DENY in part both motions.
Prevailing party Each side in part Read by a model
the court will GRANT in part and DENY in part both motions.
The delay claim Relief ordered Read by a model
The methodology for identifying class members shall include Plaintiffs who have joined the class before and after May 21, 2020.
Months pending 9 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Because the government has continued to fail to timely process SIV applications in the past several years, even relatively newer applicants have now been waiting for more than nine months.
TRAC factors The court weighed the TRAC factors
  • 1. Rule of reasonfavors the applicant
  • 2. Congressional timetablefavors the applicant
  • 3. Human health and welfarefavors the applicant
  • 4. Competing prioritiesneutral
  • 5. Interests prejudicedfavors the applicant
  • 6. No impropriety needednot reached
Read by a model
As a result, the first and third TRAC factors still favor Plaintiffs, albeit slightly less heavily than before.
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality Afghanistan Read by a model
Plaintiffs are a class of Afghan and Iraqi Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) applicants

Other orders in this case

The group holds 9 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo January 30, 2019 Tanya S. Chutkan Denied in the applicant's favor
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo September 20, 2019 Tanya S. Chutkan Granted in part
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo February 5, 2020 Tanya S. Chutkan Granted in the applicant's favor
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo February 5, 2020 Tanya S. Chutkan Denied in the applicant's favor
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. BlinkenThis decision November 30, 2022 Tanya S. Chutkan Granted in part
AFGHAN AND IRAQI ALLIES v. POMPEO October 9, 2024 Tanya S. Chutkan Denied, neither side prevailed
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo June 5, 2025 Tanya S. Chutkan Granted in part
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo June 6, 2025 Tanya S. Chutkan Dismissed in part; some claims go on
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. PompeoThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted February 6, 2026 Tanya S. Chutkan Granted in the applicant's favor

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:18-cv-01388
Filed
June 12, 2018
Status
Pending as of the last docket check

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