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Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. Pompeo

District of ColumbiaTanya S. ChutkanDecided February 6, 2026No. 1:18-cv-01388

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What the decision decided

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
To start, the Revised Adjudication Plan requires the State Department to process COM applications and appeals within 120 calendar days.
Form or filing 221(g) (consular refusal); DS-260 (immigrant visa); I-360 (special immigrant petition) Read by a model
Pursuant to these statutes, certain Iraqi and Afghan nationals are eligible for special immigrant visas (“SIV”) to immigrate to the United States.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
“seek to enforce the Revised Plan’s requirement that Defendants promptly process class members’ applications at steps prior to visa issuance, including COM approval,”
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion to Enforce the Revised Adjudication Plan, ECF No. 293, is GRANTED
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ Motion to Enforce the Revised Adjudication Plan, ECF No. 293, is GRANTED
Disposition Granted in the applicant's favor The principal motion was granted in full: summary judgment for either side, an injunction or TRO, a writ or order to act, fees. A motion to dismiss granted in full counts as Dismissed; a transfer is listed apart. Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ Motion to Enforce the Revised Adjudication Plan, ECF No. 293, is GRANTED
Prevailing party Applicant Read by a model
Plaintiffs’ Motion to Enforce the Revised Adjudication Plan, ECF No. 293, is GRANTED
The delay claim Relief ordered Read by a model
Defendants shall immediately resume Chief of Mission and Form I-360 petition processing for class members, in accordance with the Revised Adjudication Plan.
Months pending 60 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
whose visa applications have been pending for an average of five years
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Consular nonreviewability rejected Read by a model
Applying those principles here, the court finds that the doctrine of consular nonreviewability does not bar it from enforcing Defendants’ compliance with an injunction
Nationality Iraq Read by a model
Plaintiffs—a class of Iraqi and Afghan nationals whose visa applications have been pending for an average of five years—brought this suit, claiming unreasonable delay.

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, this one. 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. Pompeo June 6, 2025 Tanya S. Chutkan Dismissed in part; some claims go on
Afghan and Iraqi Allies v. PompeoThis decisionThe 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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