Mandamus decisions / Southern District of Florida

Sapir Cohen v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Southern District of FloridaMarty Fulgueira ElfenbeinDecided February 1, 2026No. 1:24-cv-24368

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Agency	CBP Read by a model About ten months after filing the Complaint — and fifteen months after CBP took Plaintiff’s Green Card — CBP had still not returned the Green Card or brought any charges against Plaintiff, so she filed the Motion.
Form or filing	I-551 Read by a model a permanent residence card, known officially as the alien registration receipt card (Form I-551), or colloquially as the ‘Green Card.’
What the suit asked for	Some other action Read by a model a temporary injunction ordering Defendants to return her Green Card
Kind of order	A magistrate judge's recommendation Read by a model REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON MOTION FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AND TO EXPEDITE
Motion decided	Preliminary injunction or TRO Read by a model Plaintiff Sapir Cohen’s Motion for Temporary Injunction and to Expedite Temporary Injunction Hearing and Trial
Whose motion	The plaintiff's motion Read by a model THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Plaintiff Sapir Cohen’s Motion for Temporary Injunction and to Expedite Temporary Injunction Hearing and Trial (the “Motion”).
Disposition	Magistrate judge's recommendation A magistrate judge's report and recommendation. The district judge decides whether to adopt it, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON MOTION FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AND TO EXPEDITE
Prevailing party	Neither side Read by a model REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON MOTION FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AND TO EXPEDITE
The delay claim	Moot: the agency acted Read by a model I respectfully RECOMMEND that Plaintiff’s request within the Motion for a temporary injunction ordering Defendants to return her Green Card be DENIED AS MOOT.
The other claims	Not decided here Read by a model Plaintiff may bring that request the traditional way, through a motion the Court will decide in due course.
Months pending	Not stated at filing The agency acted before this decision, so the months up to the decision are not a delay and are not shown. Read by a model fifteen months after CBP took Plaintiff’s Green Card
TRAC factors	The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings	Held moot Read by a model But Plaintiff admits in her Reply that Defendants have finally returned her Green Card, so that facet of the Motion is now moot.
Nationality	Israel Read by a model Plaintiff “is a native and citizen of Israel”

How the case ended

Docket: No. 1:24-cv-24368
Filed: November 7, 2024
Ended: April 1, 2026
Suit's filing to its end: 510 days
How it ended: Ended once the agency acted
From the record: stipulated dismissal 2026-03-31; idb disp 12 (dismissed: voluntarily)

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

Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit authority

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Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 542 U.S. 55

Supreme Court, June 14, 2004. Section 706(1) and mandamus reach only a discrete agency action that the agency is legally required to take, so a court cannot compel programmatic improvements or action the law leaves to agency discretion.

ImmCite: treatment available, history exists, not clearance
Kanapuram v. Director, USCIS, 131 F.4th 1302

Eleventh Circuit, March 20, 2025. Section 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) strips district courts of jurisdiction over APA unreasonable-delay claims about pending adjustment applications where the delay is part of the discretionary adjudication process, including retrogression holds.

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