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Liu v. Mayorkas

District of ColumbiaLoren L. AlikhanDecided June 14, 2024No. 1:23-cv-02495

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
His Application is currently pending at the USCIS Asylum Office located in Arlington, Virginia.
Form or filing I-589 (asylum) Read by a model
Mr. Liu seeks to compel Defendants to adjudicate his Form I-589, Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal (“Application”).
What the suit asked for Decide the asylum application Read by a model
Mr. Liu seeks to compel Defendants to adjudicate his Form I-589, Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal (“Application”).
Kind of order A transfer order Read by a model
The court will therefore transfer this action to the District of Maryland.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim; Other motion to dismiss; Transfer Read by a model
Defendants move to have this case transferred to the District of Maryland under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) or dismissed under a combination of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 12(b)(3).
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants move to have this case transferred to the District of Maryland under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) or dismissed under a combination of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 12(b)(3).
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 will therefore transfer this action to the District of Maryland.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
The court will therefore transfer this action to the District of Maryland.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
Defendants can renew that argument in the District of Maryland.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
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. 1:23-cv-02495
Filed
August 25, 2023
Ended
June 15, 2024
Suit's filing to its end
295 days
How it ended
Transferred
From the record
idb disp 0 (transferred to another district)

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why. Other suits in this court.

Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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