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Bahena v. Renaud

District of ColumbiaRandolph D. MossDecided May 6, 2021No. 1:21-cv-00291

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Their application remains pending before the USCIS’s Portland Field Office in Portland, Oregon.
Form or filing I-130 (relative petition); I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
In October 2019, Abel Bahena filed a Form I-130 petition for his wife, Rimpy Mehmi Bahena, and she “filed an application for adjustment of status with [the] USCIS.”
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
to compel the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate their marriage-based immigration case.
Kind of order A transfer order Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court will, in the alternative, order transfer of this action to the District of Oregon pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
Motion decided Transfer Read by a model
the Court will GRANT the USCIS’s motion to transfer the case.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
The USCIS moved to transfer the case, or in the alternative to dismiss, on March 8, 2021.
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
Accordingly, the Court will, in the alternative, order transfer of this action to the District of Oregon pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court will, in the alternative, order transfer of this action to the District of Oregon pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court will, in the alternative, order transfer of this action to the District of Oregon pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
Months pending 15.6 months from the application to the suit; 18.7 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
In October 2019, Abel Bahena filed a Form I-130 petition for his wife, Rimpy Mehmi Bahena, and she “filed an application for adjustment of status with [the] USCIS.”
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality India Read by a model
Rimpy Mehmi Bahena, a citizen and national of India
I-130 category Immediate relative Read by a model
Plaintiffs Abel Bahena, a U.S. citizen, and his wife, Rimpy Mehmi Bahena, a citizen and national of India,

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:21-cv-00291
Filed
January 31, 2021
Ended
May 6, 2021
Suit's filing to its end
95 days
How it ended
Transferred
From the record
idb disp 0 (transferred to another district)

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