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Ruseva v. Taylor

District of ColumbiaTREVOR N. McFADDENDecided September 22, 2020No. 1:20-cv-00630

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Ruseva’s petition asked this Court to compel the Government to adjudicate her naturalization application, and USCIS did so when it denied her application in June 2020.
Form or filing N-400 (naturalization) Read by a model
In August 2017, Ruseva filed an Application for Naturalization (Form N-400) with USCIS.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Ruseva’s petition asked this Court to compel the Government to adjudicate her naturalization application, and USCIS did so when it denied her application in June 2020.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For these reasons, the Government’s Motion to Dismiss will be granted.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
A motion to dismiss for mootness is properly brought under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) because mootness deprives the court of subject matter jurisdiction.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
The Government now moves to dismiss the case as moot.
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
Now that Ruseva has an answer, the case is moot and must be dismissed.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Now that Ruseva has an answer, the case is moot and must be dismissed.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Now that Ruseva has an answer, the case is moot and must be dismissed.
Months pending 31 months from the application to the suit; 34 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
USCIS did so when it denied her application in June 2020.
Months since the naturalization interview 25 months from the interview (2018-05) Read by a model
A USCIS official interviewed Ruseva in May 2018
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Ruseva’s petition is therefore moot.
Nationality Bulgaria Read by a model
Ruseva, a Bulgarian national

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:20-cv-00630
Filed
March 4, 2020
Ended
September 23, 2020
Suit's filing to its end
203 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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