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B.R. v. Blinken

District of ColumbiaTanya S. ChutkanDecided October 11, 2025No. 1:22-cv-01908

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
They sued the Secretary of State and the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), seeking to compel USCIS to adjudicate an I-600 petition, which, if granted, would allow B.R. to immigrate to the United States.
Form or filing I-600 Read by a model
seeking to compel USCIS to adjudicate an I-600 petition
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
seeking to compel USCIS to adjudicate an I-600 petition
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the reasons explained above, the court will GRANT Defendants’ 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
Defendants now move to dismiss the case. Mot. to Dismiss (“Defs.’ MTD”), ECF No. 15.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants now move to dismiss the case.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
For the reasons explained above, the court will GRANT Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
For the reasons explained above, the court will GRANT Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
Five of Plaintiffs’ claims—Counts I through V—are barred under the doctrine of res judicata.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Five of Plaintiffs’ claims—Counts I through V—are barred under the doctrine of res judicata.1 Plaintiff’s sixth claim—their challenge to the denial of B.R.’s application for humanitarian parole—is barred under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Section 1252(a)(2)(B) bar applied Read by a model
Count VI nevertheless runs into a different problem: This court is barred from reaching it by 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii)
Nationality Nepal Read by a model
Plaintiffs are an American couple and their adopted Nepali daughter, B.R.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:22-cv-01908
Filed
July 1, 2022
Ended
October 11, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
1,198 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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