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Zdzieborski v. Mayorkas

District of MarylandJames K BredarDecided March 21, 2023No. 1:22-cv-01609

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
However, although Plaintiffs had completed all necessary steps, eight years passed and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) “ha[d] still not adjudicated Plaintiffs’ case.”
Form or filing I-130 (relative petition); I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
On July 14, 2014, Jennifer Hand-Zdzieborski filed an I-130 Petition on behalf of her husband, Piotr Zdzieborski, and he filed his I-485 Application concurrently.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
adjudicate Petitioners’ Petition for Alien Relative (‘I-130 [P]etition’) and Application for Adjustment of Status (‘1-485 Application’) without further delay.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss will be granted and Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorney’s Fees will be denied.
Motion decided Fees under EAJA; Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 7) and Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Expenses Under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“Motion for Attorney’s Fees”).
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 7) will be granted; Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorney’s Fees (ECF No. 8) will be denied
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
Given USCIS’s adjudication of the I-130 Petition and the I-485 Application, the matter is moot and Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss will be granted.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Rather, this matter was mooted when Plaintiffs received the relief they sought prior to any action by this Court,
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Here, Plaintiffs’ I-130 Petition and I-485 Application have been adjudicated, mooting this action.
Months pending 95.5 months from the application to the suit; 98.5 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
on September 28, 2022, USCIS adjudicated the J-130 Petition and the I-485 Application.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Here, Plaintiffs’ I-130 Petition and I-485 Application have been adjudicated, mooting this action.
I-130 category Immediate relative Read by a model
adjudicating 1-130 petitions and 1-485 applications for spouses of U.S. Citizens within 20 months.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:22-cv-01609
On the docket
This ruling (ECF 12)
Filed
June 29, 2022
Ended
March 21, 2023
Suit's filing to its end
265 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit authority

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