Passim

Mandamus decisions / Western District of Washington

Wagafe v. Biden

Western District of WashingtonLauren KingDecided January 17, 2025

Read the decisionOriginal on CourtListener

2,914 written decisions from 2,661 cases in the whole mandamus and agency-delay group, the group's newest decided October 30, 2026. Updated November 3, 2026 at 1:24 a.m. CT; the Passim connector counts the live collection, which can differ by the day's additions and retirements (which total to quote). Coverage: of the 1,606 public decisions since January 1, 2025 that a CourtListener and GovInfo search for mandamus and agency delay finds, Passim holds 1,371 (85%), measured November 3, 2026. Some of what that search finds are not mandamus decisions. Tell us about a decision we're missing.

These are counts of past written decisions and dockets, not predictions of how any case will be decided. A distribution appears only when at least 5 decisions (or 5 dockets) are behind it; smaller groups are listed, not summarized. How it's counted.

What the decision decided

Each value cites the passage it was read from. Values read by a model were checked against that passage; values read by rule come from fixed text patterns. Read the decision before relying on either.

Agency USCIS Read by a model
USCIS took no adjudicatory action until February 22, 2017, when it interviewed Mr. Wagafe and approved his application.
Form or filing N-400 (naturalization) Read by a model
He applied for naturalization in November 2013.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
an order directing Defendants to adjudicate Plaintiffs’ and the class’s applications, and to do so “based solely on the statutory criteria”
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
the Court grants in part and denies in part the parties’ motions.
Motion decided Summary judgment Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment.
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment.
Disposition Dismissed in part; some claims go on The government's motion to dismiss was granted in part: some claims were dismissed and others go on. Read by a model
the evidence they have submitted in support of the Naturalization Class’s claims is ultimately insufficient for most of their claims to survive summary judgment.
Prevailing party Each side in part Read by a model
the evidence they have submitted in support of the Naturalization Class’s claims is ultimately insufficient for most of their claims to survive summary judgment.
The delay claim Relief denied Read by a model
the evidence they have submitted in support of the Naturalization Class’s claims is ultimately insufficient for most of their claims to survive summary judgment.
The other claims Some dismissed, some go on Read by a model
the Court grants in part and denies in part the parties’ motions.
Months pending 43.5 months from the application to the suit 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
He applied for naturalization in November 2013.
Months since the naturalization interview 0 months from the interview (2017-02-22) Read by a model
USCIS took no adjudicatory action until February 22, 2017, when it interviewed Mr. Wagafe and approved his application.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ claims based on since-repealed Executive Orders 13769 and 13780 (Claims 1, 2, and 3) are moot.
Nationality Somalia Read by a model
Abdiqafar Aden Wagafe is a Somali national who resettled in the United States as a refugee in March 2007.

How the case ended

This decision is not linked to a docket in the docket record yet, so how the case ended is not shown.

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.