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Lourdes Kathleen Benitez-Field v. Jefferson Sessions et al.

District of MontanaDana L. ChristensenDecided March 16, 2017No. 9:13-cv-00031

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What the decision decided

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Agency USCIS Read by a model
Count I seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the USCIS to adjudicate Benitez-Field's U visa and VAWA petitions.
Form or filing I-360 (special immigrant petition); I-918 (U visa) Read by a model
Count I seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the USCIS to adjudicate Benitez-Field's U visa and VAWA petitions.
What the suit asked for Decide the application Read by a model
Count I seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the USCIS to adjudicate Benitez-Field's U visa and VAWA petitions.
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
the court will dismiss this case with prejudice and grant Defendants' motion to lift the stay.
Motion decided Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; Preliminary injunction or TRO; Summary judgment Read by a model
Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 29) is DENIED for lack of jurisdiction. (3) Plaintiffs motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 39) is DENIED for lack of jurisdiction; (4) Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction
Whose motion Cross-motions Read by a model
(3) Plaintiffs motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 39) is DENIED for lack of jurisdiction; (4) Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (Doc. 43) is
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Because Benitez-Field has already received the relief she requests under Count I, the Court finds that this claim is now moot and must be dismissed.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
Because Benitez-Field has already received the relief she requests under Count I, the Court finds that this claim is now moot and must be dismissed.
The delay claim Moot: the agency acted Read by a model
Because Benitez-Field has already received the relief she requests under Count I, the Court finds that this claim is now moot and must be dismissed.
The other claims Dismissed Read by a model
the Court finds that it lacks jurisdiction to review Counts III through VII and they must be dismissed.
Months pending 63.9 months from the application to the agency's action Read by a model
On November 14, 2016, the AAO denied Benitez-Field's motions to reopen and reconsider the denials of her U visa and VAWA applications.
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings Held moot Read by a model
Because Benitez-Field has already received the relief she requests under Count I, the Court finds that this claim is now moot and must be dismissed.
U visa claims Final decision: moot: the agency acted; Other U visa claim: dismissed Read by a model
Because Benitez-Field has already received the relief she requests under Count I, the Court finds that this claim is now moot and must be dismissed.
Nationality Spain Read by a model
Plaintiff Lourdes Kathleen Benitez-Field ("Benitez-Field") is a citizen of Spain

How the case ended

Docket
No. 9:13-cv-00031
Filed
January 31, 2013
Ended
March 16, 2017
Suit's filing to its end
1,505 days
How it ended
Ended once the agency acted
From the record
idb disp 3 (dismissed: lack of jurisdiction)

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

Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit authority

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