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Kader Ahmed Baaghil v. Miller

Eastern District of MichiganDavid M. LawsonDecided June 16, 2020No. 2:19-cv-11138

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
Finally, on November 22, 2019, the consular officer again refused all three applications and returned them to USCIS.
Form or filing 221(g) (consular refusal); DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
Their stated goal via this lawsuit was to “challenge the unreasonable denial and delay in adjudicating their immigrant visa applications although all of the Plaintiffs have clearly demonstrated that they qualify for waivers under the Proclamation.”
What the suit asked for Finish 221(g) processing Read by a model
Their stated goal via this lawsuit was to “challenge the unreasonable denial and delay in adjudicating their immigrant visa applications although all of the Plaintiffs have clearly demonstrated that they qualify for waivers under the Proclamation.”
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the defendants’ motion to dismiss (ECF No. 37) is GRANTED.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim; Preliminary injunction or TRO; Transfer Read by a model
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the defendants’ motion to dismiss (ECF No. 37) is GRANTED.
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
These plaintiffs now ask to transfer this case to the Southern District of New York, and they pursue their motion for a preliminary injunction. The defendants have moved to dismiss.
Disposition Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model
As in Hussein, all of the plaintiffs’ claims here are moot
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
As in Hussein, all of the plaintiffs’ claims here are moot
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
As in Hussein, all of the plaintiffs’ claims here are moot
The other claims Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
As in Hussein, all of the plaintiffs’ claims here are moot
Months pending 33.1 months from the application to the suit; 105.9 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
Finally, on November 22, 2019, the consular officer again refused all three applications and returned them to USCIS.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Consular nonreviewability applied; Held moot Read by a model
that the visa applications have been refused for valid reasons apart from Proclamation 9645, and the refusals are beyond the scope of permissible judicial review.
I-130 category Immediate relative Read by a model
Ahmed filed I-130 petitions on behalf of his wife and children in 2008, which were assigned separate file numbers.

Other orders in this case

The group holds 2 decisions from this suit, oldest first. Outcome counts on these pages count the case once, by its latest decision, this one. How decisions are grouped into cases.

DecisionDecidedJudgeDisposition
Kader Ahmed Baaghil v. Miller April 7, 2020 David M. Lawson Dismissed in part; some claims go on
Kader Ahmed Baaghil v. MillerThis decisionThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted June 16, 2020 David M. Lawson Dismissed as moot

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:19-cv-11138
Filed
April 18, 2019
Ended
June 16, 2020
Suit's filing to its end
425 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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

Supreme Court and Sixth Circuit authority

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