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Hadwan v. U.S. Dep't of State & U.S. Embassy

Southern District of New YorkWilliam H. Pauley IIIDecided July 24, 2018No. 1:17-cv-00578

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What the decision decided

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Agency Department of State Read by a model
This action arises from the State Department's revocation of Hadwan's U.S. passport and CRBA.
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A discovery or record order Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, Hadwan's motion to supplement the Administrative Record is denied.
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
Mansoor Hamoud Hadwan seeks leave to conduct discovery and supplement the administrative record in this mandamus action.
Disposition Discovery or record order An order on discovery or the administrative record. It decides no claim, so it is not counted as either side's win. Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, Hadwan's motion to supplement the Administrative Record is denied.
Prevailing party Neither side Read by a model
For the foregoing reasons, Hadwan's motion to supplement the Administrative Record is denied.
The other claims Not decided here Read by a model
However, Hadwan is not without remedy, because he may argue on summary judgment that "the agency's reliance on an allegedly coerced confession renders its decision arbitrary and capricious or not based on substantial evidence."
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

How the case ended

Docket
No. 1:17-cv-00578
Filed
January 25, 2017
Status
Pending as of the last docket check

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Supreme Court and Second Circuit authority

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