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Adan v. Blinken

District of ColumbiaJohn D. BatesDecided December 19, 2024No. 1:24-cv-00591

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What the decision decided

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Agency National Visa Center Read by a model
[t]he NVC schedules appointments in the chronological order of the documentarily complete applications, which is predicated on when the noncitizen submits the DS-260 and required supporting documents and pays the necessary fees.
Form or filing DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
The NVC assigned the application a consular case number, and in July 2022, Adan submitted the required Form DS- 260 Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application.
What the suit asked for Schedule an interview Read by a model
to compel certain government officials to schedule an interview for and adjudicate A.A.A.’s visa application.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
The Court will dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state a claim.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim Read by a model
The government moved to dismiss the complaint under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6).
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
The defendant (“the government”) moved to dismiss the complaint in its entirety.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
The Court will dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state a claim.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
The Court will dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state a claim.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
The Court will dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state a claim.
Months pending 20 months from the application to the suit; 29.2 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
in July 2022, Adan submitted the required Form DS- 260 Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application.
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 applicant
  • 4. Competing prioritiesfavors the government
  • 5. Interests prejudicedfavors the applicant
  • 6. No impropriety neededneutral
Read by a model
Factors one and two therefore strongly favor dismissal.
The government's delay arguments First-in, first-out processing accepted; Line-jumping accepted Read by a model
Where, as here, the plaintiffs do not plausibly allege that the government has abandoned its first in, first out methodology, courts “routinely hold that this factor conclusively favors defendants.”
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality Somalia Read by a model
Deeqa Adan is a U.S. citizen, and her son, A.A.A., is a Somali national.
I-130 category Immediate relative Read by a model
Deeqa Adan is a U.S. citizen, and her son, A.A.A., is a Somali national.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:24-cv-00591
Filed
March 1, 2024
Ended
December 20, 2024
Suit's filing to its end
294 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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