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Alabrash v. United States Department of Homeland Security

District of ColumbiaColleen Kollar-KotellyDecided November 15, 2022No. 1:22-cv-01875

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiff’s Asylum Application remains pending at the USCIS Houston Asylum Office.
Form or filing I-589 (asylum) Read by a model
Plaintiff filed an 1-589 Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal (“Asylum Application”) with Defendant U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on March 28, 2017.
What the suit asked for Decide the asylum application Read by a model
Plaintiff seeks a writ of mandamus or an order under the Administrative Procedure Act compelling Defendants to “complete administrative processing and schedule an interview for the pending Asylum application.”
Kind of order A transfer order Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s [15] Motion to Transfer.
Motion decided Transfer Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s [15] Motion to Transfer.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
On September 6, 2022, Defendants filed the pending [15] Motion to Transfer and Dismiss.
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 GRANTS Defendant’s [15] Motion to Transfer.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s [15] Motion to Transfer.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
Because the Court grants Defendants’ Motion to Transfer, it will not address the merits of Defendants’ motion to dismiss on these grounds.
Months pending 63 months from the application to the suit; 67.6 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Plaintiff filed an 1-589 Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal (“Asylum Application”) with Defendant U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on March 28, 2017.
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. 1:22-cv-01875
Filed
June 29, 2022
Ended
November 15, 2022
Suit's filing to its end
139 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
voluntary dismissal 2022-11-23

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Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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