Mandamus decisions / Northern District of Georgia
Saheb v. Allen
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What the decision decided
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| Agency | Not recorded Read by a model |
|---|---|
| Form or filing | None named Read by a model |
| What the suit asked for |
Decide the application
Read by a model
Plaintiff initiated this action pro se, seeking mandamus and injunctive relief to compel Defendants to adjudicate his wife’s visa petition. |
| Kind of order |
A stipulated or agreed order
Read by a model
Since it appears that Plaintiff seeks to withdraw his claims, this case is DISMISSED without prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1). |
| Motion decided |
Other motion to dismiss
Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss [ECF 5] is DENIED as moot. |
| Whose motion |
The plaintiff's motion
Read by a model
he filed a notice that the Court construes as an attempt to voluntarily dismiss this case under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a). |
| Disposition |
Stipulated or agreed order
An order the parties asked for together, or the plaintiff's own dismissal. Not counted as either side's win.
Read by a model
Since it appears that Plaintiff seeks to withdraw his claims, this case is DISMISSED without prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1). |
| Prevailing party |
Neither side
Read by a model
Since it appears that Plaintiff seeks to withdraw his claims, this case is DISMISSED without prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1). |
| The delay claim |
Dismissed
Read by a model
Since it appears that Plaintiff seeks to withdraw his claims, this case is DISMISSED without prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1). |
| 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 |
How the case ended
- Docket
- No. 1:25-cv-06589
- On the docket
- This ruling (ECF 9)
- Filed
- November 17, 2025
- Ended
- September 23, 2026
- Suit's filing to its end
- 310 days
- How it ended
- Ended, outcome not recorded
A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why. Other suits in this court.
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Supreme Court and Eleventh 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.
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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
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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.
ImmCite: treatment available, history exists, not clearance. ImmCite has read all 2 published decisions citing this case, as of 2026-11-09; none treats it adversely. That describes those decisions; it is not a determination that the case is good law.