Mandamus decisions / Southern District of Florida
Allouis-Diaz v. Field Office Director, Miami Field Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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What the decision decided
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| Agency |
ICE
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Petitioner challenges his detention at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, Florida (“BTC”) without being afforded an individualized bond determination. |
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| Form or filing |
I-485 (adjustment of status)
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On October 10, 2024, Petitioner filed an application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status under the Cuban Adjustment Act. |
| What the suit asked for | Not recorded Read by a model |
| Kind of order |
A ruling on a motion or the petition
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For the following reasons, the Petition is GRANTED IN PART. |
| Motion decided | None Read by a model |
| Whose motion |
The plaintiff's motion
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Petitioner Eliseo Yoel Allouis-Diaz’s Verified Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Complaint to Compel Agency Action, [ECF No. 1], is GRANTED IN PART. |
| Disposition |
Dismissed as moot
Dismissed or denied as moot because the agency acted.
Read by a model
(3) Count II of the Petition is DISMISSED as MOOT. |
| The delay claim |
Moot: the agency acted
Read by a model
(3) Count II of the Petition is DISMISSED as MOOT. |
| The other claims |
Relief ordered
Read by a model
(2) Respondents shall afford Petitioner an individualized bond hearing consistent with 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) on or before April 10, 2026, or release him. |
| Months pending |
16.2 months from the application to the suit; 16.8 months from the application to the agency's action
Read by a model
On March 6, 2026, USCIS denied Petitioner’s application to adjust his status. |
| TRAC factors | The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model |
| Threshold rulings |
Held moot
Read by a model
Therefore, Count II shall be dismissed as moot. |
| Nationality |
Cuba
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Petitioner, a Cuban national, |
How the case ended
- Docket
- No. 1:26-cv-21013
- Filed
- February 16, 2026
- Ended
- March 28, 2026
- Suit's filing to its end
- 40 days
- How it ended
- Judgment for the plaintiff
- From the record
- idb disp 6 (judgment: motion before trial), judgment for plaintiff
A voluntary or stipulated dismissal is how most suits end once the agency acts; the docket rarely says why.
Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit authority
District decisions bind no one. On the questions this decision raises, the Supreme Court decisions and the circuit's published decisions listed here bind this court; a circuit disposition marked nonprecedential was not published as precedent and is persuasive only. ImmCite status as read November 3, 2026. Check the current status before relying on one.
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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
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Kanapuram v. Director, USCIS, 131 F.4th 1302
Eleventh Circuit, March 20, 2025. Section 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) strips district courts of jurisdiction over APA unreasonable-delay claims about pending adjustment applications where the delay is part of the discretionary adjudication process, including retrogression holds.
ImmCite: treatment available, history exists, not clearance. ImmCite has read all 2 published decisions citing this case, as of 2026-11-02; none treats it adversely. That describes those decisions; it is not a determination that the case is good law.