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Hassan v. Holder

Eastern District of New YorkCoganDecided July 28, 2009No. 1:08-cv-04870

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
At the Initial Status Conference in this matter, defendants' counsel informed the Court that USCIS had issued a decision denying plaintiffs naturalization application without prejudice on January 28, 2009.
Form or filing N-400 (naturalization) Read by a model
On December 3, 2008, plaintiff filed a Petition for Hearing on Naturalization Application with this Court.
What the suit asked for Naturalization hearing or remand (1447(b)) Read by a model
On December 3, 2008, plaintiff filed a Petition for Hearing on Naturalization Application with this Court.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the following reasons, the Court grants defendants' motion and dismisses plaintiffs petition.
Motion decided Other motion to dismiss Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on defendants' motion to dismiss or remand plaintiffs action.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on defendants' motion to dismiss or remand plaintiffs action.
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
USCIS' January 28, 2009 denial of the application was a decision which mooted plaintiffs action in this Court.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
USCIS' January 28, 2009 denial of the application was a decision which mooted plaintiffs action in this Court.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
USCIS' January 28, 2009 denial of the application was a decision which mooted plaintiffs action in this Court.
Months pending Not stated at filing The agency acted before this decision, so the months up to the decision are not a delay and are not shown. A section 1447(b) suit: these months run from the naturalization application. The statute's 120 days run from the interview, which they do not measure. Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
USCIS' January 28, 2009 denial of the application was a decision which mooted plaintiffs action in this Court.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:08-cv-04870
Filed
December 3, 2008
Ended
July 30, 2009
Suit's filing to its end
239 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
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.

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