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Bouguettaya v. Chertoff

District of ColumbiaRichard J. LeonDecided February 5, 2007No. 1:06-cv-00482

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
On September 29, 2006, USCIS finally issued Dr. Bouguettaya a written denial of his application.
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
Employment-Based Adjustment of Status (AOS) Application
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
to adjudicate his Employment-Based Adjustment of Status (AOS) Application
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
ORDERED that [# 23] Defendants' Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.
Motion decided Other motion to dismiss Read by a model
Currently pending is the defendants' motion to dismiss.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Currently pending is the defendants' motion to dismiss.
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
As USCIS denied Dr. Bouguettaya's AOS application on September 29, 2006, his request that the Court order the USCIS to process that application is now moot.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
As USCIS denied Dr. Bouguettaya's AOS application on September 29, 2006, his request that the Court order the USCIS to process that application is now moot.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
As USCIS denied Dr. Bouguettaya's AOS application on September 29, 2006, his request that the Court order the USCIS to process that application is now moot.
Months pending 50.9 months from the application to the suit; 57.4 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
On September 29, 2006, USCIS finally issued Dr. Bouguettaya a written denial of his application.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
As USCIS denied Dr. Bouguettaya's AOS application on September 29, 2006, his request that the Court order the USCIS to process that application is now moot.
Nationality Australia Read by a model
The Bouguettayas are citizens of Australia currently living in Virginia.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:06-cv-00482
Filed
March 15, 2006
Ended
February 1, 2007
Suit's filing to its end
323 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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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