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Beshir v. Holder

District of ColumbiaJohn D. BatesDecided February 8, 2013

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
This is an immigration mandamus action filed by plaintiff to compel the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to adjudicate her I-485 application.
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
This is an immigration mandamus action filed by plaintiff to compel the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to adjudicate her I-485 application.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
This is an immigration mandamus action filed by plaintiff to compel the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to adjudicate her I-485 application.
Kind of order A discovery or record order Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that [24] the motion for discovery is DENIED.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
Currently before the Court is plaintiff's motion for discovery.
Disposition Discovery or record order An order on discovery or the administrative record. It decides no claim, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that [24] the motion for discovery is DENIED.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that [24] the motion for discovery is DENIED.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
It is further ORDERED that the parties shall jointly submit a proposed briefing schedule for summary judgment motions by not later than February 18, 2013.
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
Nationality Ethiopia Read by a model
Kemeria Ahmed Beshir, an Ethiopian asylee

Other orders in this case

The group holds 4 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Beshir v. Holder January 24, 2011 Ricardo M. Urbina Denied in the applicant's favor
Beshir v. Holder March 9, 2012 Ricardo M. Urbina Denied in the applicant's favor
Beshir v. HolderThis decision February 8, 2013 John D. Bates Discovery or record order
Beshir v. HolderThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted January 27, 2014 John D. Bates Dismissed

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Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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