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Bozorgkhoo v. Blinken

Eastern District of CaliforniaChi Soo KimDecided May 19, 2025No. 2:24-cv-03154

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
Effectively, Plaintiffs request 10 relief in the form of the State Department prioritizing their immigrant visa applications 11 over other applicants also awaiting final decisions.
Form or filing 221(g) (consular refusal); DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
Defendants to adjudicate these pending immigrant visa applications.
What the suit asked for Finish 221(g) processing Read by a model
Plaintiffs filed their complaint on November 12, 2024, seeking to compel 1 Defendants to adjudicate these pending immigrant visa applications.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Defendants’ alternate motion for summary judgment is granted.
Motion decided Summary judgment Read by a model
For the reasons set forth 4 below, Defendants’ alternate motion for summary judgment is granted.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants’ alternate motion for summary judgment is granted.
Disposition Granted in the government's favor The principal motion was granted in full: summary judgment for either side, an injunction or TRO, a writ or order to act, fees. A motion to dismiss granted in full counts as Dismissed; a transfer is listed apart. Read by a model
For the reasons set forth 4 below, Defendants’ alternate motion for summary judgment is granted.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Judgment shall be entered for D efendants
The delay claim Relief denied Read by a model
Therefore, Defendants are entitled to summary judgment on the issue of 7 unreasonable delay.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ § 706(2) claims are subject to dismissal.
Months pending 19.1 months from the application to the suit; 25.3 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Plaintiff Farshad appeared for a consular interview at the U.S. Embassy in Abu 25 Dhabi on April 10, 2023.
TRAC factors The court weighed the TRAC factors
  • 1. Rule of reasonfavors the government
  • 2. Congressional timetablefavors the government
  • 3. Human health and welfareneutral
  • 4. Competing prioritiesfavors the government
  • 5. Interests prejudicedneutral
  • 6. No impropriety neededneutral
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the first, second, and fourth TRAC factors weigh in 4 Defendants’ favor
The government's delay arguments Line-jumping accepted Read by a model
putting plaintiffs at the head of the line would simply move all others back one space and 19 produce no net gain.”). The fourth factor weighs in favor of D efendants.
Threshold rulings Consular nonreviewability rejected Read by a model
the denial of Plaintiffs’ visa applications under INA § 221(g) is not 1 a final decision, and the doctrine of consular non- reviewability does not apply.
Nationality Iran Read by a model
Iranian citizen Plaintiff Farshad Bozorghkoo
I-130 category Family preference Read by a model
U.S. Citizen, filed a Form I-130 with USCIS to bring her brother, Iranian citizen Pedram 20 Mirjalili Mohanna

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:24-cv-03154
Filed
November 12, 2024
Ended
May 19, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
188 days
How it ended
Dismissed, ground not recorded
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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