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Jazi v. Blinken

Southern District of CaliforniaRoger T. BenitezDecided April 25, 2025No. 3:25-cv-00027

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
Because the Embassy has not yet made a final 26 reconsideration decision and the petition remains in administrative processing, subject 27 matter jurisdiction is present.
Form or filing 221(g) (consular refusal); DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
The Plaintiffs seek an order, inter alia, compelling the Defendants to re- 19 adjudicate the immigrant visa application for Pouya Jazi without further delay.
What the suit asked for Finish 221(g) processing Read by a model
The Plaintiffs seek an order, inter alia, compelling the Defendants to re- 19 adjudicate the immigrant visa application for Pouya Jazi without further delay.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
the Court grants the Motion to Dismiss.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) is DENIED 15 and Defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) is GRANTED
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Before the Court is 23 Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ APA claims and Mandamus Act claims are DISMISSED without 17 prejudice.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ APA claims and Mandamus Act claims are DISMISSED without 17 prejudice.
The delay claim Dismissed Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ APA claims and Mandamus Act claims are DISMISSED without 17 prejudice.3
Months pending 14 months from the application to the suit; 17.6 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Pouya Jazi appeared for a visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, 9 Armenia, on November 6, 2023.
TRAC factors The court weighed the TRAC factors
  • 1. Rule of reasonfavors the government
  • 2. Congressional timetableneutral
  • 3. Human health and welfarefavors the government
  • 4. Competing prioritiesfavors the government
  • 5. Interests prejudicedfavors the government
  • 6. No impropriety neededneutral
Read by a model
This key factor weighs in Defendants’ favor.
The government's delay arguments Line-jumping accepted Read by a model
The fourth factor weighs in favor of Defendants.
Threshold rulings No duty to re-adjudicate a 221(g) refusal Read by a model
This Court finds the 19 Karimova reasoning to be persuasive and concludes that Plaintiffs have failed to state a 20 claim under the APA upon which relief can be granted and dismisses the Complaint.
Nationality Iran Read by a model
Pouya Jazi is an Iranian national
I-130 category Family preference Read by a model
Bahman Jazi is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and a citizen of 3 Iran.

Other orders in this case

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DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Jazi v. BlinkenThis decision April 25, 2025 Roger T. Benitez Dismissed
Jazi v. BlinkenThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted August 20, 2025 Roger T. Benitez Granted in the government's favor

How the case ended

Docket
No. 3:25-cv-00027
Filed
January 6, 2025
Ended
April 28, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
112 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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