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Al Khateeb v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

Western District of WashingtonTana LinDecided December 17, 2024No. 2:24-cv-00836

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
USCIS states that adjudication 7 will be completed within 60 days of the Court remanding this matter.
Form or filing N-400 (naturalization) Read by a model
adjudicate his Form N-400 within 30 days
What the suit asked for Naturalization hearing or remand (1447(b)) Read by a model
This is an action for adjudication of a naturalization application. This matter is before the 19 Court on Defendants’ Motion to Remand Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b).
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
The Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion to remand (Dkt. No. 7).
Motion decided Remand under 1447(b) Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion to Remand Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b).
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion to Remand Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b).
Disposition Remanded to the agency Sent back to the agency, with or without instructions. Read by a model
The Court REMANDS this matter to the United States Citizenship and Immigration 22 Services with the following instructions
Prevailing party Applicant Read by a model
USCIS SHALL render a final determination on Plaintiff’s application 2 within thirty (30) days of the follow-up interview.
The delay claim Remanded to the agency Read by a model
The Court REMANDS this matter to the United States Citizenship and Immigration 22 Services with the following instructions
Months pending 30.5 months from the application to the suit; 36.7 months from the application to the court's decision A section 1447(b) suit: these months run from the naturalization application. The statute's 120 days run from the interview, which they do not measure. Read by a model
naturalization application on November 25, 2021
Months since the naturalization interview 24.8 months from the interview (2022-11-22) Read by a model
completed an interview on November 22, 3 2022
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. 2:24-cv-00836
Filed
June 11, 2024
Ended
May 14, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
337 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
decided 2025-05-14 on a stipulated dismissal; idb disp 12 (dismissed: voluntarily)

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Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit authority

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