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Pushkar v. Blinken

District of ColumbiaColleen Kollar-KotellyDecided November 2, 2021No. 1:21-cv-02297

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What the decision decided

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
Defendants Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro J. Mayorkas (“Defendants”) to “schedule” her consular interview and to “issue” her immigrant visa before September 30, 2021.
Form or filing DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
Plaintiff filed her Complaint in this action on June 22, 2021, alleging that Defendants had “unreasonably delayed” adjudication of her diversity visa application.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Plaintiff filed her Complaint in this action on June 22, 2021, alleging that Defendants had “unreasonably delayed” adjudication of her diversity visa application.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
In furtherance of its independent duty to assess its own jurisdiction
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Because the Court concludes that Plaintiff’s claims are moot, it lacks jurisdiction.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Because the Court concludes that Plaintiff’s claims are moot, it lacks jurisdiction.
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
Because the Court concludes that Plaintiff’s claims are moot, it lacks jurisdiction.

Other orders in this case

The group holds 2 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Pushkar v. BlinkenThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted September 23, 2021 Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Denied in the government's favor
Pushkar v. BlinkenThis decision November 2, 2021 Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Not recorded

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:21-cv-02297
Filed
August 31, 2021
Ended
November 2, 2021
Suit's filing to its end
63 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 3 (dismissed: lack of jurisdiction)

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Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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