Passim

Mandamus decisions / Central District of California

Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas

Central District of CaliforniaOtis D. Wright IIDecided July 31, 2023No. 2:22-cv-01510

Read the decisionOriginal on CourtListener

2,914 written decisions from 2,661 cases in the whole mandamus and agency-delay group, the group's newest decided October 30, 2026. Updated November 3, 2026 at 1:24 a.m. CT; the Passim connector counts the live collection, which can differ by the day's additions and retirements (which total to quote). Coverage: of the 1,606 public decisions since January 1, 2025 that a CourtListener and GovInfo search for mandamus and agency delay finds, Passim holds 1,371 (85%), measured November 3, 2026. Some of what that search finds are not mandamus decisions. Tell us about a decision we're missing.

These are counts of past written decisions and dockets, not predictions of how any case will be decided. A distribution appears only when at least 5 decisions (or 5 dockets) are behind it; smaller groups are listed, not summarized. How it's counted.

What the decision decided

Each value cites the passage it was read from. Values read by a model were checked against that passage; values read by rule come from fixed text patterns. Read the decision before relying on either.

Agency USCIS Read by a model
This is an action challenging how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) processes petitions for Special Immigrant Juvenile (“SIJ”) status.
Form or filing I-360 (special immigrant petition) Read by a model
The Plaintiffs are individuals who submitted SIJ petitions to USCIS and organizations who provide legal and other assistance to such individuals.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
that Defendants adjudicate SIJ petitions within six months of submission
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART the parties’ respective Motions for Summary Judgment.
Motion decided Summary judgment Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART the parties’ respective Motions for Summary Judgment.
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
Both sides now move for summary judgment. (Pl. Mot. Summ. J. (“Pl. Mot.”), ECF No. 97; Def. Mot. Summ. J. (“Def. Mot.”), ECF No. 102.)
Disposition Granted in part The principal motion was granted in part and denied in part. Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART the parties’ respective Motions for Summary Judgment.
Prevailing party Each side in part Read by a model
The Court finds that the Tolling Provisions violate 8 U.S.C. § 1232(d)(2) and the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Court will issue declaratory judgment to that effect. All other relief placed at issue by the Motions, including injunctive relief and relief on the routine delay claim, is denied.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
it is appropriate to grant summary judgment in Defendants’ favor by dismissing the routine delay claim.
The other claims Relief ordered Read by a model
The Court finds that the Tolling Provisions violate 8 U.S.C. § 1232(d)(2) and the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Court will issue declaratory judgment to that effect.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model

Other orders in this case

The group holds 3 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision, this one. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas October 26, 2022 Otis D. Wright II Dismissed in part; some claims go on
Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas May 25, 2023 Otis D. Wright II Granted in part
Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro MayorkasThis decisionThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted July 31, 2023 Otis D. Wright II Granted in part

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:22-cv-01510
Filed
March 7, 2022
Ended
August 15, 2023
Suit's filing to its end
526 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 17 (judgment: other), 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 Ninth 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 3, 2026. Check the current status before relying on one.