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Karakenyan v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

District of ColumbiaJames E. BoasbergDecided June 22, 2020No. 1:20-cv-00346

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
USCIS thus sent Karakenyan a Notice of an Intent to Revoke the petition, and on November 2, 2018, it did, in fact, revoke it.
Form or filing I-526 (investor petition) Read by a model
This case primarily concerns the first stage in that process — the Form I-526 petition.
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Court will grant Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion invokes the legal standards for dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1).
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants now move to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Court will grant Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Court will grant Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Court will grant Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Months pending 62.6 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
USCIS thus sent Karakenyan a Notice of an Intent to Revoke the petition, and on November 2, 2018, it did, in fact, revoke it.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Section 1252(a)(2)(B) bar applied Read by a model
The Court, accordingly, lacks jurisdiction to review the merits of USCIS’s petition-revocation decision.
Nationality Russia Read by a model
Plaintiff is a citizen of Russia, Greece, and Armenia who made his fortune through automobile-related businesses in Russia.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:20-cv-00346
Filed
February 7, 2020
Ended
June 22, 2020
Suit's filing to its end
136 days
How it ended
Dismissed, ground not recorded
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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Supreme Court and D.C. 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 3, 2026. Check the current status before relying on one.