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Kumar v. Garland

Southern District of New YorkLewis J. LimanDecided June 12, 2024No. 1:24-cv-04045

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiff alleges that on August 2, 2021, he filed his I-360 Petition with USCIS, and that it was assigned to USCIS’s Vermont Service Center.
Form or filing I-360 (special immigrant petition) Read by a model
Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant immigration status (“I-360 Petition”)
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
requesting that the Court direct the defendants to adjudicate his pending Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant immigration status (“I-360 Petition”)
Kind of order A transfer order Read by a model
The Court directs the Clerk of Court to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
Accordingly, this Court transfers this action to that court.
Disposition Transferred to another court An order moving the case to another court. It decides where the suit is heard, not who wins, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
The Court directs the Clerk of Court to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
The Court directs the Clerk of Court to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
The Court directs the Clerk of Court to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Months pending 34.3 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Plaintiff alleges that on August 2, 2021, he filed his I-360 Petition with USCIS, and that it was assigned to USCIS’s Vermont Service Center.
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. 1:24-cv-04045
Filed
May 28, 2024
Ended
June 12, 2024
Suit's filing to its end
15 days
How it ended
Transferred
From the record
idb disp 0 (transferred to another district)

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why.

Supreme Court and Second Circuit authority

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