Mandamus decisions / Northern District of Illinois

Zuno Huaracha v. Edlow

Northern District of IllinoisElaine E. BuckloDecided April 17, 2026No. 1:25-cv-12267

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Agency	USCIS Read by a model While their complaint does not neatly delineate causes of action, plaintiffs have asked me to order USCIS to adjudicate their I-130 petition.
Form or filing	I-130 (relative petition) Read by a model While their complaint does not neatly delineate causes of action, plaintiffs have asked me to order USCIS to adjudicate their I-130 petition.
What the suit asked for	Decide the application Read by a model While their complaint does not neatly delineate causes of action, plaintiffs have asked me to order USCIS to adjudicate their I-130 petition.
Kind of order	A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model For the reasons that follow, I grant the motion to dismiss.
Motion decided	Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim Read by a model USCIS filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) and then, while that motion was pending, took action on the petition.
Whose motion	The government's motion Read by a model USCIS filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)
Disposition	Dismissed as moot Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted. Read by a model Plaintiffs’ claims are moot.
Prevailing party	Neither side Read by a model Plaintiffs’ claims are moot.
The delay claim	Moot: the agency acted Read by a model Plaintiffs’ claims are moot.
The other claims	Moot: the agency acted Read by a model Plaintiffs’ claims are moot.
Months pending	Not stated at filing 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 Zuno Huaracha filed an I-130 Petition for Alien Relative with USCIS on behalf of Arceo Hernandez and the child, both physically in Mexico, on October 6, 2023.
TRAC factors	The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings	Held moot Read by a model Plaintiffs’ claims are moot.
Nationality	Mexico Read by a model Zuno Huaracha is a lawful permanent resident of the United States, while his wife, Arceo Hernandez, as well as his child, are citizens of Mexico.
I-130 category	Family preference Read by a model Zuno Huaracha is a lawful permanent resident of the United States, while his wife, Arceo Hernandez, as well as his child, are citizens of Mexico.

How the case ended

Docket: No. 1:25-cv-12267
On the docket: This ruling (ECF 19)
Filed: October 7, 2025
Ended: April 17, 2026
Suit's filing to its end: 192 days
How it ended: Ended once the agency acted
From the record: order 2026-04-17 dismisses on the TRAC factors; idb disp 14 (dismissed: other)

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Supreme Court and Seventh Circuit authority

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Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 542 U.S. 55

Supreme Court, June 14, 2004. Section 706(1) and mandamus reach only a discrete agency action that the agency is legally required to take, so a court cannot compel programmatic improvements or action the law leaves to agency discretion.

ImmCite: treatment available, history exists, not clearance
Iddir v. INS, 301 F.3d 492

Seventh Circuit, August 6, 2002. INS had a nondiscretionary duty to adjudicate diversity-visa applications and § 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) does not bar review of a failure to act, but no relief is available once the fiscal year ends.

ImmCite: caution, adverse or limiting treatment found. Questioned by Akash Shahi v. United States Department of S, 33 F.4th 927 (2022).
Calderon-Ramirez v. McCament, 877 F.3d 272

Seventh Circuit, December 5, 2017. USCIS must process U-visa petitions within a reasonable time, but neither mandamus nor the APA offers relief to an applicant who shows nothing setting him apart from those ahead of him in the oldest-first queue.

ImmCite: treatment available, history exists, not clearance. ImmCite has read all 3 published decisions citing this case, as of 2026-11-13; none treats it adversely. That describes those decisions; it is not a determination that the case is good law.
Pak v. Biden, 91 F.4th 896

Seventh Circuit, January 31, 2024. Consular nonreviewability bars a systemic challenge to how terrorism-related inadmissibility exemptions are considered, a matter the statute commits to the Secretaries' sole unreviewable discretion, and a statutory citation with a facial link to the record satisfies Mandel.

ImmCite: treatment available, history exists, not clearance. ImmCite has read all 2 published decisions citing this case, as of 2026-11-13; none treats it adversely. That describes those decisions; it is not a determination that the case is good law.
Shahi v. United States Department of State, 33 F.4th 927

Seventh Circuit, May 6, 2022. Courts cannot order a diversity visa issued after the fiscal year ends whatever relief is requested, because the statute ends eligibility, and the Mandamus Act supplies a remedy rather than jurisdiction.

ImmCite: unchecked, treatment not confirmed yet, not evidence either way. ImmCite has found no published decision citing this case as of 2026-10-29; it checks for new citing decisions daily. That is not a determination that the case is good law. The citation index lists 10 other decisions citing it, none a Supreme Court, BIA or Attorney General precedent or a published circuit opinion; ImmCite's status does not review them.