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Quainoo v. Holder

District of ColumbiaKetanji Brown JacksonDecided July 10, 2013No. 1:13-cv-00075

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Pending before the Court is plaintiff’s petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendants, 1 specifically the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”), to adjudicate plaintiff’s I-751 waiver petition.
Form or filing I-751 (removal of conditions) Read by a model
In his I-751 waiver petition, plaintiff specifically requested that the USCIS adjudicate the petition by issuing a notice of intent to deny.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
In his I-751 waiver petition, plaintiff specifically requested that the USCIS adjudicate the petition by issuing a notice of intent to deny.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that this case is dismissed.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The court on its own Read by a model
the Court ordered plaintiff to show cause why his mandamus action
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
Because the relief that plaintiff seeks apparently has already been provided, this mandamus action must be dismissed as moot.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
Because the relief that plaintiff seeks apparently has already been provided, this mandamus action must be dismissed as moot.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Because the relief that plaintiff seeks apparently has already been provided, this mandamus action must be dismissed as moot.
Months pending 43.6 months from the application to the suit The agency acted before this decision, so the months up to the decision are not a delay and are not shown. Read by a model
after his I-751 waiver petition had been pending before the USCIS for 42 months (since June 1, 2009).
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Because the relief that plaintiff seeks apparently has already been provided, this mandamus action must be dismissed as moot.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:13-cv-00075
Filed
January 17, 2013
Ended
July 10, 2013
Suit's filing to its end
174 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
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.

Supreme Court and D.C. 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 14, 2026. Check the current status before relying on one.