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Mukkavilli v. Jaddou

District of ColumbiaTrevor N. McFaddenDecided June 15, 2023No. 1:22-cv-02289

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
He argues that USCIS unlawfully withheld and unreasonably delayed his investor visa and petition for permanent residency.
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status); I-526 (investor petition) Read by a model
Under the Reform Act, immigrant investors may file Form I-485 to obtain a green card at the same time as Form I-526.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Among other things, he seeks an order compelling the agency to adjudicate his visa petition within two weeks and vacatur of certain final agency actions.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For these reasons, the Court will grant the Government’s Motion to Dismiss.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim Read by a model
e Government moves to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
For these reasons, the Court will grant the Government’s Motion to Dismiss.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
For these reasons, the Court will grant the Government’s Motion to Dismiss.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
For these reasons, the Court will grant the Government’s Motion to Dismiss.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
Finally, the Court finds that Mukkavilli states no claim for unreasonable delay under the TRAC factors (Count V).
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
e Court will also dismiss Mukkavilli’s claim that USCIS arbitrarily refused to expedite his petition for failure to state a claim because that decision was committed to agency discretion by law (Count IV).
Months pending 33 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Mukkavilli invested nearly a million dollars in the regional center and applied for an investor visa in September 2020.
TRAC factors The court weighed the TRAC factors
  • 1. Rule of reasonnot reached
  • 2. Congressional timetablenot reached
  • 3. Human health and welfarefavors the applicant
  • 4. Competing prioritiesnot reached
  • 5. Interests prejudicedfavors the applicant
  • 6. No impropriety neededneutral
Read by a model
At most, factors three and five only slightly favor finding an unreasonable delay.
The government's delay arguments Visa availability accepted Read by a model
USCIS juggles competing priorities when it adjudicates visas, including congressionally mandated country and program limits. Mukkavilli’s individual interests do not overcome these systemic interests.
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality India Read by a model
Mukkavilli is an Indian national who invested in a USCIS-approved regional center.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:22-cv-02289
Filed
August 3, 2022
Ended
June 15, 2023
Suit's filing to its end
226 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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