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Yang v. Houghton

Eastern District of New YorkBrian M. CoganDecided December 13, 2021No. 1:21-cv-05485

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
USCIS has not adjudicated her petition yet.
Form or filing I-730 (refugee or asylee relative petition) Read by a model
In May 2020, plaintiff filed an administrative petition using Form I-730 to seek asylee status for her daughter.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
directing USCIS to adjudicate her petition.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Defendant’s motion to dismiss is therefore granted.
Motion decided Other motion to dismiss Read by a model
Defendant’s motion to dismiss is therefore granted.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
USCIS has moved to dismiss, and the motion must be granted.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Defendant’s motion to dismiss is therefore granted.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Defendant’s motion to dismiss is therefore granted.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
Defendant’s motion to dismiss is therefore granted.
Months pending 19 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
In May 2020, plaintiff filed an administrative petition using Form I-730 to seek asylee status for her daughter.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
The government's delay arguments Line-jumping accepted Read by a model
The courts are ill-equipped to decree those priorities, and even if they could, it just wouldn’t be fair to applicants who have been waiting longer than a plaintiff just because the plaintiff has chosen to sue.
Threshold rulings None Read by a model

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:21-cv-05485
Filed
October 4, 2021
Ended
December 14, 2021
Suit's filing to its end
71 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why. Other suits in this court.

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