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Koratala v. Gaynor

District of ColumbiaColleen Kollar-KotellyDecided March 2, 2021No. 1:21-cv-00210

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
As noted above, Ms. Koratala’s pending visa applications are being processed within a USCIS service center in Vermont.
Form or filing I-539 (change or extension of stay); I-765 (EAD) Read by a model
pending Form I-539 Extension application and Form I-765 EAD application
What the suit asked for Issue a work permit Read by a model
seeking “injunctive and mandamus relief to compel Defendant USCIS to adjudicate [Ms. Koratala’s] pending Form I-539 Extension application and Form I-765 EAD application and [to] send her Form I-766 EAD card to her
Kind of order A transfer order Read by a model
the Court concludes that such a transfer is “in the interests of justice” and will GRANT Defendants’ motion to transfer this case to the District of Vermont, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).
Motion decided Transfer Read by a model
the Court will GRANT Defendants’ [6] Consent Motion to Transfer and Extend.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
the Court will GRANT Defendants’ [6] Consent Motion to Transfer and Extend.
Disposition Transferred to another court An order moving the case to another court. It decides where the suit is heard, not who wins, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
the Court concludes that such a transfer is “in the interests of justice” and will GRANT Defendants’ motion to transfer this case to the District of Vermont, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
the Court concludes that such a transfer is “in the interests of justice” and will GRANT Defendants’ motion to transfer this case to the District of Vermont, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
the Court will GRANT Defendants’ [6] Consent Motion to Transfer and Extend.
Months pending 5.7 months from the application to the suit; 6.9 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
As of August 3, 2020, Ms. Koratala had filed a Form I-765 Application for Employment Authorization
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. 1:21-cv-00210
Filed
January 23, 2021
Ended
March 2, 2021
Suit's filing to its end
38 days
How it ended
Transferred
From the record
idb disp 0 (transferred to another district)

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Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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