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GOODLUCK v. BIDEN, JR.

District of ColumbiaAmit P. MehtaDecided September 9, 2021No. 1:21-cv-00999

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What the decision decided

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Department has dramatically reduced its processing of diversity visa applications.
Form or filing DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
Congress has provided for up to 55,000 immigrant diversity visas to be distributed each fiscal year to foreign nationals that hail from countries with historically low levels of immigration to the United States.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
to expeditiously process and adjudicate DV-2021 applications and derivative beneficiary applications by September 30, 2021.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
and grants the Goodluck Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction.
Motion decided Preliminary injunction or TRO; Summary judgment Read by a model
the court denies the Filazapovich Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction for lack of standing, grants in part and denies in part the Goh parties’ motions for summary judgment, and grants the Goodluck Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction.
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
The Goh parties have cross-moved for summary judgment, and the Filazapovich and Goodluck Plaintiffs have moved for preliminary injunctions.
Disposition Granted in the applicant's favor The principal motion was granted in full: summary judgment for either side, an injunction or TRO, a writ or order to act, fees. A motion to dismiss granted in full counts as Dismissed; a transfer is listed apart. Read by a model
grants the Goodluck Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction.
Prevailing party Applicant Read by a model
grants the Goodluck Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction.
The delay claim Relief ordered Read by a model
Defendants shall undertake good-faith efforts, directly and through their designees, to expeditiously process and adjudicate DV-2021 applications and derivative beneficiary applications by September 30, 2021.
The other claims Relief ordered Read by a model
The November 2020 prioritization policy is preliminarily enjoined as to DV-2021 selectees and their derivative beneficiaries.
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
212(f) proclamation Proclamation 10014 Read by a model
the State Department refused to schedule consular-office interviews for DV-2021 selectees because the agency held the view that Proclamation 10014’s bar on entry rendered DV-2021 selectees ineligible to receive a visa.

Other orders in this case

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DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
GOODLUCK v. BIDEN, JR.This decision September 9, 2021 Amit P. Mehta Granted in the applicant's favor
GOODLUCK v. BIDEN, JR.The case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted September 30, 2021 Amit P. Mehta Granted in the applicant's favor

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:21-cv-00999
Filed
April 9, 2021
Ended
September 30, 2021
Suit's filing to its end
174 days
How it ended
Ended, outcome not recorded
From the record
terminated; no disposition recorded

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Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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