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Hootkins v. Napolitano

Central District of CaliforniaChristina A. SnyderDecided April 28, 2009No. 2:07-cv-05696

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Plaintiff Lu's I-130 petition was initially approved, but was then automatically revoked by USCIS upon the death of plaintiff Lu's spouse.
Form or filing DS-260 (immigrant visa); I-130 (relative petition); I-485 (adjustment of status) Read by a model
to reopen and adjudicate their deceased citizen spouses' immigrant I-130 petitions
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
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO ALL PLAINTIFFS OUTSIDE THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Motion decided Summary judgment Read by a model
GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS' RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO PLAINTIFFS IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT AND GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS' RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Disposition Dismissed in part; some claims go on The government's motion to dismiss was granted in part: some claims were dismissed and others go on. Read by a model
Prevailing party Each side in part Read by a model
The other claims Some dismissed, some go on Read by a model
DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO PLAINTIFFS IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT AND GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS' RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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
I-130 category Immediate relative Read by a model
All aliens whose United States citizen spouse died before the couple's two-year wedding anniversary, and whose citizen spouse filed an I-130 petition

How the case ended

Docket
No. 2:07-cv-05696
Filed
August 30, 2007
Ended
April 5, 2010
Suit's filing to its end
34 days
How it ended
Judgment for the plaintiff
From the record
idb disp 17 (judgment: other), judgment for plaintiff

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

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