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Beshir v. Holder

District of ColumbiaJohn D. BatesDecided January 27, 2014

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Pursuant to this policy, USCIS determined that Beshir may benefit from a future exemption, and her adjustment application was placed on hold.
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
In spring 2004, Beshir filed a Form I-485 application for adjustment of status to become a legal permanent resident.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
In her amended complaint, Beshir asks the Court to compel defendants to adjudicate her adjustment application within ninety days.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, Beshir's complaint will be dismissed, and defendants' motion for summary judgment will be denied as moot.
Motion decided Summary judgment Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, Beshir's complaint will be dismissed, and defendants' motion for summary judgment will be denied as moot.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Before the Court is [37] defendants' third motion for summary judgment.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, Beshir's complaint will be dismissed, and defendants' motion for summary judgment will be denied as moot.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, Beshir's complaint will be dismissed, and defendants' motion for summary judgment will be denied as moot.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
the Court will dismiss Beshir's complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and will deny defendants' motion as moot.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Therefore, the 2009 USCIS Memorandum is not a binding rule or regulation, and the Court lacks jurisdiction over Beshir's claim that defendants failed to apply it.
Months pending 69.8 months from the application to the suit; 114.9 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
In spring 2004, Beshir filed a Form I-485 application for adjustment of status to become a legal permanent resident.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Section 1252(a)(2)(B) bar applied Read by a model
Because the INA's jurisdiction-stripping provision applies to the pace of adjudication, then, it provides a barrier to any basis for judicial review over Beshir's claim.
Nationality Ethiopia Read by a model
Beshir is an Ethiopian citizen

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, this one. 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. Holder February 8, 2013 John D. Bates Discovery or record order
Beshir v. HolderThis decisionThe 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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