Agency-delay suits

Mandamus, APA and naturalization-hearing suits in the docket record, with when each was filed, when and how it ended. Most end without a written decision. Party names are left out; the docket number opens the public docket.

2,996 written decisions from 2,731 cases in the whole mandamus and agency-delay group, the group's newest decided November 12, 2026. Updated November 14, 2026 at 1:17 a.m. CT; the Passim connector counts the live collection, which can differ by the day's additions and retirements (which total to quote). Coverage: of the 1,617 public decisions since January 1, 2025 that a CourtListener and GovInfo search for mandamus and agency delay finds, Passim holds 1,406 (87%), 1,039 of them in this group, measured November 14, 2026. Some of what that search finds are not mandamus decisions. Tell us about a decision we're missing.

These are counts of past written decisions and dockets, not predictions of how any case will be decided. A distribution appears only when at least 5 decisions (or 5 dockets) are behind it; smaller groups are listed, not summarized. How it's counted.

Suits by court

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CourtSuitsStill pendingMedian days to the end
District of Columbia5,901437105.5
District of Minnesota7144184
District of Nebraska8036865
District of North Dakota48778
District of South Dakota60122
Eastern District of Arkansas201117
Eastern District of Missouri1601179
Northern District of Iowa241115
Southern District of Iowa26391
Western District of Arkansas223101
Western District of Missouri1321387
Middle District of Alabama262104
Middle District of Florida1,2756999
Middle District of Georgia32024100.5
Northern District of Alabama865102
Northern District of Florida545113
Northern District of Georgia1,56575100
Southern District of Alabama101111
Southern District of Florida1,7058569
Southern District of Georgia95692
Eastern District of Louisiana116993
Eastern District of Texas3762992
Middle District of Louisiana331107.5
Northern District of Mississippi81125
Northern District of Texas1,3559774
Southern District of Mississippi180129
Southern District of Texas1,439106113
Western District of Louisiana311128
Western District of Texas4135598
District of Maine25585.5
District of Massachusetts1,32715797
District of New Hampshire414168
District of Puerto Rico33869
District of Rhode Island53484
District of Maryland2,165190102
District of South Carolina21223111
Eastern District of North Carolina1469105
Eastern District of Virginia2,222164114
Middle District of North Carolina1608111
Northern District of West Virginia51–
Southern District of West Virginia71130.5
Western District of North Carolina20221104
Western District of Virginia6710120
Central District of California8,69926688
District of Alaska244134.5
District of Arizona35124103
District of Guam2––
District of Hawaii350112
District of Idaho142124
District of Montana13171
District of Nevada24127156
District of Oregon15329103
Eastern District of California77673124
Eastern District of Washington138597
Northern District of California3,916313126
Northern Mariana Islands72163
Southern District of California48639122
Western District of Washington1,522132102
District of Connecticut1991788.5
District of Vermont2,8468372
Eastern District of New York10,43919564
Northern District of New York12211104
Southern District of New York2,74210578
Western District of New York113792.5
Central District of Illinois582122
Eastern District of Wisconsin1341293.5
Northern District of Illinois3,53520993
Northern District of Indiana785129
Southern District of Illinois10085.5
Southern District of Indiana1701393
Western District of Wisconsin95984
Eastern District of Kentucky533149.5
Eastern District of Michigan53734100
Eastern District of Tennessee575114.5
Middle District of Tennessee13319116
Northern District of Ohio14710113
Southern District of Ohio31635130
Western District of Kentucky61990.5
Western District of Michigan123578
Western District of Tennessee436112
District of Colorado4684287
District of Kansas92371
District of New Mexico1181884
District of Utah635111.5
District of Wyoming5060
Eastern District of Oklahoma6042.5
Northern District of Oklahoma142107.5
Western District of Oklahoma562129.5
District of Delaware172104
District of New Jersey1,58992105
District of the Virgin Islands50270
Eastern District of Pennsylvania8237874
Middle District of Pennsylvania1321188
Western District of Pennsylvania951066

A dash marks a court with fewer than 5 suits, or none that has ended: no distribution is shown for it.

Many suits end by a docket entry with no written decision, often a remand order that gives the agency a deadline. "Docket text" under a suit's ending shows that entry and, where its words state them, the agency's deadline, what the plaintiff may do if the agency does not act, and whether the court kept the case, each beside the words it was read from.

A suit's class is read from its docket: "Ended once the agency acted" counts voluntary and stipulated dismissals and dismissals as moot, which is how most suits end after the agency decides; the docket rarely says why. How suits are classed.