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Li v. Wolf

Eastern District of MissouriStephen R. ClarkDecided May 4, 2020No. 4:20-cv-00236

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
On March 20, 2020, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services granted Li’s I-730 Refugee Asylee Relative Petition.
Form or filing I-730 (refugee or asylee relative petition) Read by a model
Plaintiff You Mou Li, a refugee or asylee residing in the United States, filed an I-730 Refugee Asylee Relative Petition on behalf of his wife, Xiu Lin Yuan, on June 15, 2015.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Over 55-months later, on February 11, 2020, Li filed this lawsuit pro se requesting that the Court order Defendants to adjudicate his pending I-730 Petition.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Due to Mootness [Doc. 6] is GRANTED.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
Defendants now move the Court to dismiss Li’s lawsuit for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction1.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Due to Mootness [Doc. 6].
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
Further, the Court finds that Li’s Complaint is now moot because there is no need for court involvement.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Further, the Court finds that Li’s Complaint is now moot because there is no need for court involvement.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Further, the Court finds that Li’s Complaint is now moot because there is no need for court involvement.
Months pending 55.9 months from the application to the suit; 57.2 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
On March 20, 2020, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services granted Li’s I-730 Refugee Asylee Relative Petition.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Further, the Court finds that Li’s Complaint is now moot because there is no need for court involvement.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 4:20-cv-00236
Filed
February 11, 2020
Ended
May 4, 2020
Suit's filing to its end
83 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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Supreme Court and Eighth Circuit authority

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