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Sok v. Nielsen

Western District of WashingtonMarsha J. PechmanDecided January 3, 2020No. 2:18-cv-01089

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
On August 29, 2019, Petitioners filed an amended Complaint, seeking a writ of 18 mandamus to compel USCIS to forward the record of proceedings to the BIA, as statutorily 19 required.
Form or filing I-130 (relative petition) Read by a model
Petitioner Samnang Sok submitted a Form I-130 Petition
What the suit asked for Some other action Read by a model
mandamus to compel USCIS to forward the record of proceedings to the BIA, as statutorily 19 required.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Petitioners’ Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED and 13 Respondents’ Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.
Motion decided Fees under EAJA; Summary judgment Read by a model
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Parties’ Cross Motions for Summary 17 Judgment.
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
Petitioners’ Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED and 13 Respondents’ Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
Further, because there is no form of relief the Court can provide, the petition for a writ of 14 mandamus is moot.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Further, because there is no form of relief the Court can provide, the petition for a writ of 14 mandamus is moot.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
because there is no form of relief the Court can provide, the petition for a writ of 14 mandamus is moot.
Months pending 52.7 months from the application to the suit; 67.2 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
USCIS did not provide the Record 14 of Proceedings to the BIA until October 10, 2019
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Further, because there is no form of relief the Court can provide, the petition for a writ of 14 mandamus is moot.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:18-cv-01089
Filed
July 24, 2018
Ended
January 6, 2020
Suit's filing to its end
531 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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