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Touwe v. Mayorkas

District of MarylandGina L SimmsDecided September 8, 2025No. 8:24-cv-00935

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Defendants have produced evidence that USCIS adjudicated Plaintiff’s Petition and Application on September 26, 2024.
Form or filing I-130 (relative petition); I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
On September 9, 2022, Plaintiff filed a Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative (“Petition”)3 and a Form I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjustment (“Application”) with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”).
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
(b) order Defendants to adjudicate the Petition and Application “without further delay;”
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Motion, (ECF No. 21), is GRANTED.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
On October 4, 2024, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1), arguing that this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
On October 4, 2024, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1), arguing that this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction.
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
Here, the Defendants have met their burden of establishing that this case is moot.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Here, the Defendants have met their burden of establishing that this case is moot.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Plaintiff’s petition for a writ of mandamus and request for entry of a declaratory judgment are now moot.
The other claims Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Here, the Defendants have met their burden of establishing that this case is moot.
Months pending 18.6 months from the application to the suit; 24.6 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
Defendants have produced evidence that USCIS adjudicated Plaintiff’s Petition and Application on September 26, 2024.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Here, the Defendants have met their burden of establishing that this case is moot.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 8:24-cv-00935
On the docket
This ruling (ECF 24)
Filed
March 29, 2024
Ended
September 8, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
528 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit authority

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