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Gjoci v. Department of State

District of ColumbiaRoyce C. LamberthDecided September 23, 2024No. 1:21-cv-00294

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What the decision decided

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
Finally, plaintiffs continue to seek an order requiring the State Department to process their pending DS-260 applications.
Form or filing DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
Finally, plaintiffs continue to seek an order requiring the State Department to process their pending DS-260 applications.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Finally, plaintiffs continue to seek an order requiring the State Department to process their pending DS-260 applications.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
The defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED because this dispute is now moot, and the plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file supplemental briefing is DENIED.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
The defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED because this dispute is now moot, and the plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file supplemental briefing is DENIED.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Before the Court are the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss or, in the alternative, for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 40
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
With no form of relief available to the plaintiffs, the case must be dismissed.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
The defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED because this dispute is now moot, and the plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file supplemental briefing is DENIED.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
plaintiffs equally lack standing for their request, because an order to process a doomed visa application could not possibly redress any injury claimed by the plaintiffs.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
In sum, because the plaintiffs’ alternative forms of relief either are beyond the Court’s power to grant, would not redress the plaintiffs’ injuries, or rest on an alleged violation of a “right” that does not exist, they lack standing to pursue any of them.
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
Their claim is straightforwardly moot as a result.

Other orders in this case

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DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
GJOCI v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE September 1, 2021 Royce C. Lamberth Denied in the government's favor
Gjoci v. Department of StateThis decisionThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted September 23, 2024 Royce C. Lamberth Dismissed

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:21-cv-00294
Filed
February 1, 2021
Ended
September 24, 2024
Suit's filing to its end
1,331 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
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.

Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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