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Abdi v. Chertoff

District of MassachusettsTauroDecided December 17, 2008No. 1:08-cv-11302

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Agency Not recorded Read by a model
Form or filing I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
Plaintiff's I-485 Application to Adjust Status.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
seeking to compel Defendants (collectively "the Government") to adjudicate Plaintiff's I-485 Application to Adjust Status.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [# 10] is DENIED; (2) Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment [# 12] is ALLOWED;
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim; Summary judgment Read by a model
Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [# 10] is DENIED; (2) Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment [# 12] is ALLOWED;
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [# 10] is DENIED; (2) Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment [# 12] is ALLOWED;
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 for Summary Judgment [# 12] is ALLOWED;
Prevailing party Applicant Read by a model
Defendants are hereby ordered to adjudicate Plaintiffs application for adjustment of status and render a decision by February 17, 2009.
The delay claim Relief ordered Read by a model
Accordingly, Defendants are hereby ordered to adjudicate Plaintiffs application for adjustment of status and render a decision by February 17, 2009.
Months pending 43.5 months from the application to the suit; 48.1 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Plaintiff, a Somalian asylee, filed the application on December 13, 2004,
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Section 1252(a)(2)(B) bar rejected Read by a model
There, Judge Gertner held that the jurisdiction-stripping language in the INA only bars review of the "substance of an adjustment of status decision," leaving the "pacing of such a decision" subject to judicial review.
Nationality Somalia Read by a model
Plaintiff, a Somalian asylee,

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:08-cv-11302
Filed
July 30, 2008
Ended
March 12, 2009
Suit's filing to its end
225 days
How it ended
Dismissed, ground not recorded
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why.

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