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Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas

Central District of CaliforniaOtis D. Wright IIDecided May 25, 2023No. 2:22-cv-01510

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
The TVPRA also amended the SIJ statute to require USCIS to adjudicate SIJ petitions within 180 days of filing.
Form or filing I-360 (special immigrant petition) Read by a model
who have submitted or will submit Petitions for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant (Form I-360) (“SIJ Petitions”) with the USCIS
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
an injunction requiring USCIS to adjudicate SIJ petitions within six months of submission
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART Plaintiffs’ Motion.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
Plaintiffs now move to certify a class of SIJ petitioners.
Disposition Granted in part The principal motion was granted in part and denied in part. Read by a model
For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART Plaintiffs’ Motion.
Prevailing party Each side in part Read by a model
For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART Plaintiffs’ Motion.
The delay claim Not decided here Read by a model
The Court further finds that the missed deadline claim is not appropriate for class certification and denies the Motion to that extent.
The other claims Not decided here Read by a model
In reaching this conclusion, the Court need not, and indeed does not, decide today whether the Tolling Provisions are unlawful.
Months pending 2.9 months from the application to the suit; 11.8 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
Arevalo’s petition was approved on December 3, 2022, almost a year after he originally filed it.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Mootness argument rejected Read by a model
Accordingly, the mootness of their individual claims does not deprive them of the ability to serve as class representatives.

Other orders in this case

The group holds 3 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas October 26, 2022 Otis D. Wright II Dismissed in part; some claims go on
Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro MayorkasThis decision May 25, 2023 Otis D. Wright II Granted in part
Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro MayorkasThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted July 31, 2023 Otis D. Wright II Granted in part

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:22-cv-01510
Filed
March 7, 2022
Ended
August 15, 2023
Suit's filing to its end
526 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 17 (judgment: other), judgment for defendant

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Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit authority

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