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Elliott v. U.S. Dep't of State

Southern District of New YorkSullivanDecided July 23, 2015No. 1:14-cv-08738

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What the decision decided

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
Plaintiff alleges that the New York Passport Agency officers denied his application because he “failed to present a certificate of citizenship and failed to establish eligibility for a -U.S. passport.”
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
an order compelling Defendants to adjudicate his application for a U.S. passport
Kind of order An order on fees Read by a model
For the reasons set forth above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Plaintiffs request for attorney’s fees is denied.
Motion decided Fees under EAJA Read by a model
Now before the Court is Plaintiffs motion for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d).
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
Now before the Court is Plaintiffs motion for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d).
Disposition Attorney's fees An order on attorney's fees or costs after the case, counted for the side that won the fee motion. Read by a model
For the reasons set forth above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Plaintiffs request for attorney’s fees is denied.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
For the reasons set forth above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Plaintiffs request for attorney’s fees is denied.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
Now before the Court is Plaintiffs motion for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d).
The other claims Not decided here Read by a model
Now before the Court is Plaintiffs motion for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d).
Months pending 8.5 months from the application to the suit; 13.4 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
On March 31, 2015. Defendants adjudicated Plaintiffs passport application and issued him a United States passport.
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. 1:14-cv-08738
Filed
November 3, 2014
Ended
April 23, 2015
Suit's filing to its end
171 days
How it ended
Dismissed, ground not recorded
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why.

Supreme Court and Second Circuit authority

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