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Montilla Rodriguez v. Jaddou

Northern District of TexasJane J BoyleDecided June 27, 2024No. 3:23-cv-01449

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
On May 4, 2023, the USCIS issued its final decision declining to award Rodriguez a nationalinterest waiver and consequently denying Rodriguez’s I-140 petition.
Form or filing I-140 (immigrant worker petition) Read by a model
In October 2022, he filed a Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for an Alien Worker (“I-140 petition”) with the United States Customs and Immigration Service (“USCIS”), seeking to become a lawful permanent resident of the United States.
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
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 30) and DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Rodriguez’s claims.
Motion decided Other motion to dismiss Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 30) and DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Rodriguez’s claims.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Before the Court is Defendants Ur Mendoza Jaddou and Mary Elizabeth Brennan Seng (collectively, “Defendants”)’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 30).
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 30) and DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Rodriguez’s claims.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 30) and DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Rodriguez’s claims.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 30) and DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Rodriguez’s claims.
Months pending 6.6 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
On May 4, 2023, the USCIS issued its final decision declining to award Rodriguez a nationalinterest waiver and consequently denying Rodriguez’s I-140 petition.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Section 1252(a)(2)(B) bar applied Read by a model
Thus, the jurisdictional bar of § 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) applies here.
Nationality Venezuela Read by a model
Plaintiff Jesus Alejandro Montilla Rodriguez is a Venezuelan national.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 3:23-cv-01449
Filed
June 30, 2023
Ended
June 27, 2024
Suit's filing to its end
363 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
order 2024-06-27 for the defendants, ground not stated; idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for unknown

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