Mandamus decisions / Eastern District of California

Mohamed v. Pompeo

Eastern District of CaliforniaDecided July 13, 2020No. 1:19-cv-01345

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Agency	Department of State Read by a model In so holding, the court 28 mandated the Department of State defendants to issue a decision on the visa applications before MADE fe □□□ LOT AEE SINAN MVOC PC he OY Ove 1 \| the end of the fiscal year: September 30, 2019.
Form or filing	DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model plaintiff Muhjah 22 Abdoalnasar Mohammed Ahmed had not been issued a diversity visa for the 2019 application 23 cycle
What the suit asked for	Decide the application Read by a model again ordered defendants to comply with the original court order requiring the government to 5 \|\| adjudicate the matter pursuant to proper procedures.
Kind of order	A stipulated or agreed order Read by a model indicating that they agree to dismiss this action
Motion decided	Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model On December 12, 2019, defendants filed a motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint for lack 9 \| of jurisdiction
Whose motion	The government's motion Read by a model On December 12, 2019, defendants filed a motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint
Disposition	Stipulated or agreed order An order the parties asked for together, or the plaintiff's own dismissal. Not counted as either side's win. Read by a model indicating that they agree to dismiss this action
Prevailing party	Neither side Read by a model indicating that they agree to dismiss this action
The delay claim	Moot: the agency acted Read by a model Because plaintiffs have agreed to dismiss the complaint on the grounds 13 \| that they have obtained the relief sought and, therefore, the action has been rendered moot, the 14 \| court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss.
Months pending	Not stated at filing The agency acted before this decision, so the months up to the decision are not a delay and are not shown. Read by a model
TRAC factors	The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings	Held moot Read by a model Because plaintiffs have agreed to dismiss the complaint on the grounds 13 \| that they have obtained the relief sought and, therefore, the action has been rendered moot, the 14 \| court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss.

Other orders in this case

The group holds 3 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.

Decision	Decided	Judge	Disposition
Mohamed v. Pompeo	September 27, 2019	Lawrence J. O'Neill	Granted in the applicant's favor
Mohamed v. PompeoThis decision	July 13, 2020		Stipulated or agreed order
Mohamed v. PompeoThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted	January 19, 2022		Attorney's fees

How the case ended

Docket: No. 1:19-cv-01345
Filed: September 25, 2019
Ended: July 13, 2020
Suit's filing to its end: 292 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

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Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. 667

Supreme Court, June 26, 2018. Mandel's facially-legitimate-and-bona-fide standard governs constitutional challenges to entry restrictions, and a citation to a valid statutory ground ordinarily satisfies it.

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Department of State v. Muñoz, 602 U.S. 899

Supreme Court, June 21, 2024. A U.S. citizen has no fundamental liberty interest in a noncitizen spouse's admission, so marriage alone entitles the citizen neither to Mandel review of the consular refusal nor to an explanation beyond the statutory citation.

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Kleindienst v. Mandel, 408 U.S. 753

Supreme Court, June 29, 1972. When a visa refusal burdens a U.S. citizen's own constitutional rights, courts ask only whether the Executive gave a facially legitimate and bona fide reason and do not look behind it.

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Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 542 U.S. 55

Supreme Court, June 14, 2004. Section 706(1) and mandamus reach only a discrete agency action that the agency is legally required to take, so a court cannot compel programmatic improvements or action the law leaves to agency discretion.

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Allen v. Milas, 896 F.3d 1094

Ninth Circuit, July 24, 2018. The APA provides no avenue for review of a consular visa refusal beyond Mandel's facially-legitimate-and-bona-fide inquiry, and consular nonreviewability is not a jurisdictional bar.

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Sanchez Gonzalez v. United States Department of State, No. 23-4205 (9th Cir. Apr. 30, 2026)

Ninth Circuit, April 30, 2026. After Muñoz, a citizen spouse's own First Amendment interest triggered Mandel review, which a facially legitimate and bona fide reason satisfied absent a showing of bad faith.

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Independence Mining Co. v. Babbitt, 105 F.3d 502

Ninth Circuit, January 23, 1997. Mandamus and APA § 706(1) claims to compel delayed agency action are analyzed alike under the TRAC factors.

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Vaz v. Neal, 33 F.4th 1131

Ninth Circuit, May 9, 2022. Section 706(1) compels only a clear, mandatory and discrete duty that has been unreasonably delayed under TRAC, and the APA's prerequisites go to the merits while § 1331 supplies jurisdiction.

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