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Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo

District of ColumbiaTanya S. ChutkanDecided June 6, 2025No. 1:18-cv-01388

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What the decision decided

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
Defendants—the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and officials at those agencies—to process and adjudicate their SIV applications in accordance with Congress’s instructions.
Form or filing DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
Afghan and Iraqi Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Count III seeks a writ of mandamus to compel adjudication of their SIV applications
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Therefore, the court will grant Defendants’ motion and dismiss Count III without prejudice.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
Defendants have moved to dismiss Count III for relief under the Mandamus Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1361, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1).
Whose motion The government's motion Read by a model
Defendants have moved to dismiss Count III for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1)
Disposition Dismissed in part; some claims go on The government's motion to dismiss was granted in part: some claims were dismissed and others go on. Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ mandamus claim cannot proceed because the APA provides an adequate alternative remedy, as demonstrated by the court’s prior rulings granting relief under the APA.
Prevailing party Each side in part Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ mandamus claim cannot proceed because the APA provides an adequate alternative remedy, as demonstrated by the court’s prior rulings granting relief under the APA.
The delay claim The delay claim goes on Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ mandamus claim cannot proceed because the APA provides an adequate alternative remedy, as demonstrated by the court’s prior rulings granting relief under the APA.
The other claims Not decided here Read by a model
The court granted the parties’ joint motion to dismiss Counts IV and V as moot in October 2024.
Months pending 9 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
whose applications have been pending for more than nine months
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings APA adequate-remedy bar applied (mandamus claim fails) Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ mandamus claim cannot proceed because the APA provides an adequate alternative remedy, as demonstrated by the court’s prior rulings granting relief under the APA.
Nationality Afghanistan Read by a model
authorizing the Secretary of State to grant SIVs to Iraqi and Afghan nationals

Other orders in this case

The group holds 9 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
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo January 30, 2019 Tanya S. Chutkan Denied in the applicant's favor
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo September 20, 2019 Tanya S. Chutkan Granted in part
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo February 5, 2020 Tanya S. Chutkan Granted in the applicant's favor
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo February 5, 2020 Tanya S. Chutkan Denied in the applicant's favor
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Blinken November 30, 2022 Tanya S. Chutkan Granted in part
AFGHAN AND IRAQI ALLIES v. POMPEO October 9, 2024 Tanya S. Chutkan Denied, neither side prevailed
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo June 5, 2025 Tanya S. Chutkan Granted in part
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. PompeoThis decision June 6, 2025 Tanya S. Chutkan Dismissed in part; some claims go on
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. PompeoThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted February 6, 2026 Tanya S. Chutkan Granted in the applicant's favor

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:18-cv-01388
Filed
June 12, 2018
Status
Pending as of the last docket check

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Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit authority

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