I-485 (adjustment of status)
Written decisions in the mandamus and agency-delay group that name this form or filing, in every court.
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.
How the decisions came out
This page counts 480 of the group's written decisions, from 449 cases; the newest of them was decided November 6, 2026. The line at the top counts the whole group.
480written decisions
449cases they come from
67decisions weigh the TRAC factors
26.5median months from the application to the suit
Each case counts once in these outcome counts, by its latest decision here: the 31 other orders in those cases are listed with their case, not counted again. A motion to dismiss denied and a later judgment for the government count as the judgment. How decisions are grouped into cases.
Disposition, by case
- Granted (either side's motion)34
- Granted in part11
- Denied (either side's motion)27
- Government's motion denied; the case goes on36
- Dismissed195
- Dismissed in part; some claims go on22
- Dismissed as moot44
- Remanded to the agency3
- Magistrate judge's recommendation18
- Transferred to another court12
- Stipulated or agreed order7
- Discovery or record order4
- Procedural order5
- Attorney's fees7
- Other ruling2
- Not recorded22
Months from the application to the suit
26.5 months at the median; half fall between 12.1 and 43.9. 192 cases state it.
Months from the application to the court's decision, or to the agency's action where it acted first
31.5 months at the median; half fall between 17.6 and 49.3. 305 decisions state it.
In 79 of these the agency acted before the decision, so the months run to that action, where the delay ended.
Leaves out the 58 decisions holding that the agency had acted where no reading dates that action: their months to the decision are not a delay.
What the suits asked for, by case
- Decide the application324
- Schedule an interview3
- Decide the asylum application2
- Issue a work permit3
- Some other action23
- Not recorded94
Forms and filings these cases name
- I-485 (adjustment of status)449
- I-130 (relative petition)39
- I-765 (EAD)21
- I-360 (special immigrant petition)17
- I-526E (investor petition)13
- I-140 (immigrant worker petition)10
- I-730 (refugee or asylee relative petition)7
- I-131 (travel document)6
- I-290B6
- I-589 (asylum)6
- N-400 (naturalization)5
- DS-260 (immigrant visa)4
A case that names another form beside this one is counted under both.
Decisions by year
- 2026156
- 202552
- 202420
- 202321
- 202220
- 202145
- 20207
- 201912
- 20186
- 20175
- 20162
- 20153
- 20149
- 20135
- 20125
- 20116
- 20108
- 20098
- 200824
- 200727
- 20064
- 20057
- 20044
- 20025
- 20013
- 20004
- 19993
- 19981
- 19963
- 19951
- 19893
- 19801
Download these 480 decisions as a spreadsheet (CSV).
Examples
The newest case with each of the most common dispositions, by its latest decision.
N.D. Tex., November 6, 2026. Dismissed; prevailing party: government.
D. Ariz., October 16, 2026. Dismissed as moot; prevailing party: neither side.
N.D. Cal., November 2, 2026. Government's motion denied; the case goes on; prevailing party: applicant.
Rulings on the government's threshold defenses
How many of the decisions in the group that name this form applied each defense (the defense held) and how many rejected it. A decision counts where it rules on the defense, so most count under none or one. Each count opens those decisions in the list.
| Defense | Applied | Rejected |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1252(a)(2)(B) jurisdiction bar | 120 | 90 |
| Consular nonreviewability | 0 | 0 |
| No duty to re-adjudicate a 221(g) refusal | 0 | 0 |
| Mootness (the agency acted) | 94 | 7 |
| APA adequate-remedy bar to mandamus | 13 | 1 |
This page covers written decisions only: a suit's form is known mostly from its written decision, so counting suits by form would keep mostly the contested ones (how forms are read).