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Bega v. Jaddou

District of ColumbiaBeryl A. HowellDecided December 2, 2022No. 1:22-cv-02171

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiffs thereafter filed separate Forms I-526 between April and November of 2019, id. ¶ 37, and now complain that USCIS has taken no action on any of their I-526 petitions over the last three years.
Form or filing I-526 (investor petition) Read by a model
Plaintiffs thereafter filed separate Forms I-526 between April and November of 2019
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
to compel the Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), acting in her official capacity, to adjudicate their I-526 petitions
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, defendant’s motion to dismiss is granted.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim Read by a model
USCIS moved to dismiss the complaint, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), for failure to allege a plausible claim
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
USCIS moved to dismiss the complaint, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6)
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
For the reasons set forth below, the complaint is dismissed.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, defendant’s motion to dismiss is granted.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, defendant’s motion to dismiss is granted.
Months pending 36.7 months from the application to the suit; 41.1 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ petitions were filed in 2019
TRAC factors The court weighed the TRAC factors
  • 1. Rule of reasonfavors the government
  • 2. Congressional timetablefavors the government
  • 3. Human health and welfarefavors the government
  • 4. Competing prioritiesfavors the government
  • 5. Interests prejudicedfavors the government
  • 6. No impropriety neededneutral
Read by a model
The first and second TRAC factors weigh in defendant’s favor.
The government's delay arguments First-in, first-out processing accepted; Line-jumping accepted Read by a model
As previously discussed, USCIS’s Visa Availability approach runs concurrently with their “first in first out” rule and thus does place petitioners, such as plaintiffs, in an adjudication queue:
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality South Africa Read by a model
who, as citizens of South Africa,

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:22-cv-02171
Filed
July 23, 2022
Ended
December 2, 2022
Suit's filing to its end
132 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

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