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Usoh v. US Immigration Citizenship Services

Northern District of TexasBrantley StarrDecided February 15, 2023No. 3:22-cv-01058

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
to compel the United States Immigration Citizenship Services (“USCIS”) to grant his request for citizenship due to the delay in determining his application.
Form or filing N-400 (naturalization) Read by a model
his request for citizenship due to the delay in determining his application.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
to compel the United States Immigration Citizenship Services (“USCIS”) to grant his request for citizenship due to the delay in determining his application.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Usoh’s petition.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
Petitioner Sunday Quincy Usoh, a federal prisoner incarcerated in South Carolina, but possibly a resident in this district before his incarceration, petitioned pro se for a writ of mandamus under 28 U.S.C. § 1361
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Usoh’s petition.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Usoh’s petition.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Usoh’s petition.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Usoh’s petition.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
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. 3:22-cv-01058
Filed
May 11, 2022
Ended
February 15, 2023
Suit's filing to its end
280 days
How it ended
Dismissed, ground not recorded
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit authority

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