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Rizvi v. Department of Homeland Security

Southern District of TexasLee Hyman RosenthalDecided August 4, 2014No. 4:12-cv-03362

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
They sued the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) after it rejected AMAS’s 1-140 visa petition and denied the 1-485 applications.
Form or filing I-140 (immigrant worker petition); I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
They sued the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) after it rejected AMAS’s 1-140 visa petition and denied the 1-485 applications.
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
The court grants the USCIS’s motion for summary judgment and denies AMAS’s motion for summary judgment.
Motion decided Summary judgment Read by a model
The court grants the USCIS’s motion for summary judgment and denies AMAS’s motion for summary judgment.
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
The court grants the USCIS’s motion for summary judgment and denies AMAS’s motion for summary judgment.
Disposition Granted in the government's favor The principal motion was granted in full: summary judgment for either side, an injunction or TRO, a writ or order to act, fees. A motion to dismiss granted in full counts as Dismissed; a transfer is listed apart. Read by a model
The court grants the USCIS’s motion for summary judgment and denies AMAS’s motion for summary judgment.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
The court grants the USCIS’s motion for summary judgment and denies AMAS’s motion for summary judgment.
The other claims Relief denied Read by a model
The court grants the USCIS’s motion for summary judgment and denies AMAS’s motion for summary judgment.
Months pending 16 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
The USCIS denied the 1-140 petition on November 13, 2008.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality Pakistan Read by a model
Syed Rizvi, a Pakistan citizen, came to the United States in May 2000 on a B1/B2 visa.

How the case ended

Docket
No. 4:12-cv-03362
Filed
November 14, 2012
Ended
August 4, 2014
Suit's filing to its end
628 days
How it ended
Dismissed on jurisdiction or the merits
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.

Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit authority

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