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Singh v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Middle District of PennsylvaniaJennifer P. WilsonDecided December 1, 2023No. 1:23-cv-00254

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiff Harjinder P. Singh (“Singh”) filed the complaint seeking to compel USCIS to adjudicate his I-601A waiver.
Form or filing I-601A (provisional waiver) Read by a model
Plaintiff Harjinder P. Singh (“Singh”) filed the complaint seeking to compel USCIS to adjudicate his I-601A waiver.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Plaintiff Harjinder P. Singh (“Singh”) filed the complaint seeking to compel USCIS to adjudicate his I-601A waiver.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
USCIS’s motion to dismiss is granted.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
Because the court will grant USCIS’ motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, the court will not address the request to dismiss for failure to state a claim.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
USCIS filed a motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) on April 17, 2023.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
USCIS’s motion to dismiss is granted.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
USCIS’s motion to dismiss is granted.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
The court lacks jurisdiction to review Singh’s claim under § 1182(a)(9)(B)(v). USCIS’s motion to dismiss is granted.
Months pending 14.6 months from the application to the suit; 24.3 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
filed his I-601A provisional waiver application on November 22, 2021.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality India Read by a model
Harjinder P. Singh is a citizen and national of India.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:23-cv-00254
Filed
February 10, 2023
Ended
December 1, 2023
Suit's filing to its end
294 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 Third Circuit authority

District decisions bind no one. On the questions this decision raises, the Supreme Court decisions and the circuit's published decisions listed here bind this court; a circuit disposition marked nonprecedential was not published as precedent and is persuasive only. ImmCite status as read November 14, 2026. Check the current status before relying on one.