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Chaudhry v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

Western District of WashingtonRichard A. JonesDecided November 27, 2019No. 2:19-cv-01097

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What the decision decided

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Agency Not recorded Read by a model
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
He brings this action claiming that Defendants 21 have unlawfully and unreasonably delayed adjudication of his applications in violation of 22 the APA.
Kind of order A sanctions order Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s motions for sanctions. Dkt. # 10. For the reasons below, the motion is DENIED.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s motions for sanctions.
Disposition Sanctions order An order on sanctions or attorney discipline. It decides no claim, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s motions for sanctions. Dkt. # 10. For the reasons below, the motion is DENIED.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s motions for sanctions. Dkt. # 10. For the reasons below, the motion is DENIED.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s motions for sanctions. Dkt. # 10. For the reasons below, the motion is DENIED.
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 2 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Chaudhry v. United States Citizenship and Immigration ServicesThis decision November 27, 2019 Richard A. Jones Sanctions order
Chaudhry v. United States Citizenship and Immigration ServicesThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted January 6, 2020 Richard A. Jones Dismissed

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:19-cv-01097
Filed
July 16, 2019
Ended
January 7, 2020
Suit's filing to its end
175 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
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 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.