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Alsaidi v. United States Department of State

District of ColumbiaEllen S. HuvelleDecided February 20, 2018No. 1:17-cv-00465

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What the decision decided

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
First, her complaint only requests that the Court order the State Department to renew her passport and makes no mention of injunctive or any other form of relief.
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted and plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim Read by a model
Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted and plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted and plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted and plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
Months pending 50.3 months from the application to the suit; 1.6 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
The National Passport Center denied her passport renewal application on February 23, 2013
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:17-cv-00465
Filed
March 15, 2017
Ended
February 27, 2018
Suit's filing to its end
113 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.

Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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