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Saxby v. Mayorkas

District of ColumbiaAmit P. MehtaDecided January 11, 2022No. 1:21-cv-00964

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
The court cannot compel USCIS to do what Congress has not authorized it to do.
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
Here, for the relief requested—compelling adjudication of their I-485 applications—to be effectual the court would have to speculate that Congress will re-authorize the program.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Here, for the relief requested—compelling adjudication of their I-485 applications—to be effectual the court would have to speculate that Congress will re-authorize the program.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, this action is dismissed without prejudice.
Motion decided Other motion to dismiss; Transfer Read by a model
Defendants’ pending Motion to Sever and Transfer Venue or, in the Alternative, to Dismiss, ECF No. 6, is denied as moot.
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
On December 22, 2021, the court ordered Plaintiffs to show cause why this case should not be dismissed as moot due to the expiration of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program.
Disposition Other ruling A ruling none of the other labels describes. Read by a model
Without the power to grant effectual relief, this matter is rendered moot.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Without the power to grant effectual relief, this matter is rendered moot.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Without the power to grant effectual relief, this matter is rendered moot.
Months pending Not stated at filing The agency acted before this decision, so the months up to the decision are not a delay and are not shown. Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Without the power to grant effectual relief, this matter is rendered moot.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:21-cv-00964
Filed
April 8, 2021
Ended
January 11, 2022
Suit's filing to its end
278 days
How it ended
Dismissed, ground not recorded
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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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