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Kolenovic v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Service

Southern District of New YorkRonnie AbramsDecided March 24, 2014No. 1:12-cv-06173

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiff Almira Kolenovic challenges the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service’s (“USCIS”) denial of her application to adjust her immigration status.
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
Plaintiff Almira Kolenovic challenges the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service’s (“USCIS”) denial of her application to adjust her immigration status.
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Defendant’s motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) is therefore GRANTED.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
Defendant’s motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) is therefore GRANTED.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
USCIS moves to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1)
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Defendant’s motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) is therefore GRANTED.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Defendant’s motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) is therefore GRANTED.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Defendant’s motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) is therefore GRANTED.
Months pending 212.3 months from the application to the suit; 1.8 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
USCIS denied Kolenovic’s application for permanent residence on January 30, 1995
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. 1:12-cv-06173
Filed
August 13, 2012
Ended
March 25, 2014
Suit's filing to its end
589 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 17 (judgment: other), 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 Second Circuit authority

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