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Jiang v. Garland

Eastern District of New YorkHector GonzalezDecided May 27, 2025No. 1:24-cv-03138

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
On September 10, 2023, USCIS reopened each application, but subsequently denied them again on May 31, 2024.
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status); I-601 (waiver) Read by a model
In 2018, Plaintiff filed an I-485 application to adjust his 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
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted and the Amended Complaint is dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
Defendants have moved to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims under Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), primarily claiming that this Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction.
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants have moved to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims under Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), primarily claiming that this Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction.
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted and the Amended Complaint is dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted and the Amended Complaint is dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted and the Amended Complaint is dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
Months pending 71 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
On September 10, 2023, USCIS reopened each application, but subsequently denied them again on May 31, 2024.
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 there was “more than one justification independent of those pertaining to the statutory ineligibility determination,” Section 1252(a)(2)(B)(i) bars review.
Nationality China Read by a model
Plaintiff is a citizen of China who arrived in the United States in 1992.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:24-cv-03138
Filed
April 26, 2024
Ended
May 29, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
398 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
order 2025-05-27 dismisses for want of jurisdiction; idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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