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Andrews v. United State Department of State

Northern District of OhioJames R. Knepp IIDecided October 3, 2025No. 3:24-cv-01675

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What the decision decided

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Agency Not recorded Read by a model
Form or filing DS-260 (immigrant visa) Read by a model
Therein, Plaintiff requests the Court order Defendants to issue an official written decision on the immigrant visa application of her husband, Mo’ath Mahmoud Suleiman Alzubi within thirty days.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Therein, Plaintiff requests the Court order Defendants to issue an official written decision on the immigrant visa application of her husband, Mo’ath Mahmoud Suleiman Alzubi within thirty days.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
it is ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Expedite Issuance of Official Final Decision (Doc. 14) be, and the same hereby is, DENIED.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
Plaintiff Misty Ann Andrews’s Motion to Expedite Issuance of Official Final Decision.
Disposition Denied in the government's favor The principal motion was denied in full: a motion to dismiss denied so the case goes on, or relief denied on the merits. Read by a model
14) be, and the same hereby is, DENIED.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
14) be, and the same hereby is, DENIED.
The delay claim Relief denied Read by a model
it is ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Expedite Issuance of Official Final Decision (Doc. 14) be, and the same hereby is, DENIED.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model

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
Andrews v. United State Department of State May 16, 2025 James G. Carr Dismissed
Andrews v. United State Department of StateThis decisionThe case's latest decision: its outcome is the one counted October 3, 2025 James R. Knepp II Denied in the government's favor

How the case ended

Docket
No. 3:24-cv-01675
Filed
September 30, 2024
Ended
May 16, 2025
Suit's filing to its end
228 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
From the record
idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for defendant

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Supreme Court and Sixth Circuit authority

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