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Ahmadi v. Alfonso-Royals

District of ArizonaDiane J HumetewaDecided June 27, 2025No. 2:25-cv-02211

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Furthermore, under the 19 Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), once an asylum application is filed, USCIS is 20 required to hold an interview within 45 days and adjudicate the application within 180 days 21 unless there are “exceptional circumstances” under the INA.
Form or filing I-589 (asylum) Read by a model
Plaintiff also notes that she filed her asylum application on August 29, 2021
What the suit asked for Decide the asylum application Read by a model
Defendants have a mandatory duty to adjudicate Ms. 28 Ahmadi’s asylum application within 150 days of filing, absent exceptional circumstances;
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s second claim for Mandamus relief (Doc. 1 at J] 49-54) is DISMISSED.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
The Court will proceed to screen Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. 1) under 28 U.S.C. 20 § 1915(e)(2).
Disposition Granted in part The principal motion was granted in part and denied in part. Read by a model
Court finds that her claim under the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. § 555(b), 26 may proceed but her Mandamus claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 cannot.
Prevailing party Each side in part Read by a model
the 25 Court finds that her claim under the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. § 555(b), 26 may proceed but her Mandamus claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 cannot.
The delay claim The delay claim goes on Read by a model
Court finds that her claim under the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. § 555(b), 26 may proceed but her Mandamus claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 cannot.
Months pending 45.9 months from the application to the court's decision Read by a model
Plaintiff also notes that she filed her asylum application on August 29, 2021
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality Afghanistan Read by a model
she is within the 26 class of vulnerable noncitizens Afghans paroled into the United States

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:25-cv-02211
On the docket
This ruling (ECF 5)
Filed
June 25, 2025
Ended
July 23, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
28 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
voluntary dismissal 2025-07-22; idb disp 12 (dismissed: voluntarily)

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Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit authority

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