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EKWUNIFE v. UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

Eastern District of PennsylvaniaGENE E.K. PRATTERDecided December 14, 2023No. 2:23-cv-01720

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Sylvester Ekwunife filed this pro se mandamus action secking to compel the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate his apparently pending 1-485 Application to Adjust Status to Lawful Permanent Resident without delay.
Form or filing I-130 (relative petition); I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
Mr. Ekwunife filed the present action on May 2, 2023, seeking to compel USCIS to adjudicate the allegedly pending Form 1-485 Application.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Mr. Ekwunife filed the present action on May 2, 2023, seeking to compel USCIS to adjudicate the allegedly pending Form 1-485 Application.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
The Court grants USCIS’s motion to dismiss Mr. Ekwunife’s complaint.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction Read by a model
The Court construes USCIS’s motion to dismiss on moctness grounds as a motion to dismiss 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
The Court grants USCIS’s motion to dismiss Mr. Ekwunife’s complaint.
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
Because the Court cannot constitutionally order USCIS to do that which it has already done, the case is dismissed as moot.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Because the Court cannot constitutionally order USCIS to do that which it has already done, the case is dismissed as moot.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Because the Court cannot constitutionally order USCIS to do that which it has already done, the case is dismissed as moot.
Months pending 56.7 months from the application to the suit; 24.5 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
USCIS’s decision letter dated August 25, 2020 denying Mr. Ekwunife’s Form 1-485 application
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Because the Court cannot constitutionally order USCIS to do that which it has already done, the case is dismissed as moot.
Nationality Nigeria Read by a model
Mr, Ekwunife is a native and citizen of Nigeria.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:23-cv-01720
Filed
May 2, 2023
Ended
January 16, 2024
Suit's filing to its end
0 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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Supreme Court and Third Circuit authority

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