Mandamus decisions / Southern District of New York
Ravshanbekov v. Cioppa
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What the decision decided
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| Agency | Not recorded Read by a model |
|---|---|
| Form or filing |
I-589 (asylum)
Read by a model
with respect to his asylum application. |
| What the suit asked for |
Decide the asylum application
Read by a model
Plaintiff “request[ed] issuance of a [w]rit of [m]andamus and/or an [o]rder to [c]ompel under the Administrative Procedure Act” with respect to his asylum application. |
| Kind of order |
A sanctions order
Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Court orders the following sanctions pursuant to Rule 11, |
| Motion decided | None Read by a model |
| Whose motion |
The court on its own
Read by a model
On May 20, 2024, the Court issued an order to Gavlin to show cause by June 20, 2024, why, given Plaintiff’s allegations, she should not be sanctioned under Rule 11, 28 U.S.C. § 1927, and/or the Court’s inherent powers. |
| Disposition |
Sanctions order
An order on sanctions or attorney discipline. It decides no claim, so it is not counted as either side's win.
Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Court orders the following sanctions pursuant to Rule 11, |
| Prevailing party |
Neither side
Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, the Court orders the following sanctions pursuant to Rule 11, |
| The delay claim |
Not decided here
Read by a model
This matter comes before the Court on the collateral issue of the imposition of sanctions. |
| Months pending | Not stated Read by a model |
| TRAC factors | The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model |
| Threshold rulings | None Read by a model |
How the case ended
- Docket
- No. 1:23-cv-06782
- Filed
- August 2, 2023
- Ended
- April 23, 2024
- Suit's filing to its end
- 265 days
- How it ended
- Ended once the agency acted
- From the record
- voluntary dismissal 2024-04-23; idb disp 12 (dismissed: voluntarily)
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Supreme Court and Second Circuit authority
District decisions bind no one. On the questions this decision raises, the Supreme Court decisions and the circuit's published decisions listed here bind this court; a circuit disposition marked nonprecedential was not published as precedent and is persuasive only. ImmCite status as read November 3, 2026. Check the current status before relying on one.
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Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 542 U.S. 55
Supreme Court, June 14, 2004. Section 706(1) and mandamus reach only a discrete agency action that the agency is legally required to take, so a court cannot compel programmatic improvements or action the law leaves to agency discretion.
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