Judges / Northern District of Texas
Brantley David Starr
Written decisions in the mandamus and agency-delay group that Judge Brantley David Starr signed, every one listed below, and the agency-delay suits that name the judge.
2,914 written decisions from 2,661 cases in the whole mandamus and agency-delay group, the group's newest decided October 30, 2026. Updated November 3, 2026 at 1:24 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 1,606 public decisions since January 1, 2025 that a CourtListener and GovInfo search for mandamus and agency delay finds, Passim holds 1,371 (85%), measured November 3, 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.
Read these counts as a record of past decisions, not a rate at which this judge rules for either side and not a prediction. Each decision turned on its own facts, its posture and what the parties asked for; the suits that reach a written decision are the contested minority. Read the decisions before drawing anything from them.
How the decisions came out
This page counts 19 of the group's written decisions, from 18 cases; the newest of them was decided October 23, 2026. The line at the top counts the whole group.
19written decisions
18cases they come from
0decisions weigh the TRAC factors
–median months from the application to the suit
Each case counts once in these outcome counts, by its latest decision here: the 1 other order in those cases is 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.
Months from the application to the suit
Fewer than five cases state it (0); no distribution is shown.
Months from the application to the court's decision
Fewer than five decisions state it (2); no distribution is shown.
Leaves out the 1 decision holding that the agency had acted: its months to the decision are not a delay.
What the suits asked for, by case
- Decide the application15
- Decide the asylum application2
- Some other action1
Decisions by year
TRAC rulings
None of the judge's decisions in the group weighs the TRAC factors.
Every decision, by case
All 19 of the judge's decisions in the group, in 18 cases, newest first. Each case's latest decision comes first and is the one the counts above count; the case's other orders follow it. Download every decision as a spreadsheet (CSV).
| Decision | Decided | Agency | Form | Disposition | Prevailing party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siddiqui v. Edlow | October 23, 2026 | Not recorded | I-485 | Dismissed | Government |
| Zevallos v. Noem | October 14, 2026 | DHS | I-485 | Dismissed | Government |
| Carbajal Pichardo et al v. Edlow et al | October 6, 2026 | Not recorded | I-130, I-485 | Granted in part | Each side in part |
| Mendoza v. Mullin | September 9, 2026 | Not recorded | I-485 | Dismissed | Government |
| PS v. Noem | April 2, 2026 | Not recorded | I-290B, I-360, I-485 | Denied in the government's favor | Government |
| Hamza v. Noem | March 24, 2026 | USCIS | I-589 | Dismissed | Government |
| Venkata v. Edlow | February 20, 2026 | Not recorded | I-485 | Dismissed | Government |
| Chirino Terrero v. Montgomery and 1 other order in this case, below | February 9, 2026 | USCIS | I-485 | Dismissed | Government |
| Other order in this case Chirino Terrero v. Montgomery et al | January 8, 2026 | USCIS | I-485 | Dismissed | Government |
| Bhave v. Edlow | December 3, 2025 | USCIS | I-485 | Dismissed | Government |
| Nwobu v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services | August 8, 2024 | Not recorded | I-485 | Dismissed | Government |
| Balogun v. Mayorkas | July 8, 2024 | Not recorded | I-589 | Dismissed | Government |
| Liu v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services | December 13, 2023 | Not recorded | N-400 | Dismissed | Government |
| Al Dulaimi v. Garland | October 25, 2023 | Not recorded | I-485 | Dismissed | Government |
| Usoh v. US Immigration Citizenship Services | February 15, 2023 | USCIS | N-400 | Dismissed | Government |
| Nguyen v. Mayorkas | November 11, 2022 | Not recorded | I-829 | Dismissed | Government |
| Wise v. Garland | October 25, 2022 | Not recorded | N-400 | Dismissed | Government |
| Paka v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services | March 8, 2021 | USCIS | I-526 | Dismissed | Government |
| Katkuri v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Service | December 31, 2020 | USCIS | I-765 | Dismissed as moot | Neither side |
How agency-delay suits ended
Most suits end without a written decision: the agency acts and the parties dismiss. These counts come from the docket record (the federal courts' Integrated Database and CourtListener) and count every mandamus, APA and section 1447(b) suit against any immigration agency, whatever year it was filed, among the dockets that name this judge. Check a delay counts fewer: a court's suits of the last three years against the form's agency.
53suits in the docket record
47have ended
6still pending
53median days from the suit's filing to its end
How the ended suits ended
- Ended once the agency actedThe plaintiff dismissed, the parties stipulated to dismissal, or the court dismissed as moot: how suits end once the agency decides. The docket rarely says why, or whether the agency approved or denied.28
- Ended, outcome not recordedThe record shows the suit ended but not how.9
- Dismissed, ground not recordedThe court dismissed and the record gives no ground: it can be a dismissal as moot after the agency acted, for want of prosecution, or a loss.6
- Dismissed on jurisdiction or the meritsDismissed for want of jurisdiction or on the TRAC factors, or judgment for the government.4
The record gives no reason for 19% of the suits that ended.
Days from the suit's filing to its end
53 days at the median; half fall between 16 and 173. 47 dockets state it.
Days from the suit's filing to its end, when it ended once the agency acted
31.5 days at the median; half fall between 16 and 105.2. 28 dockets state it.
20 of these suits have a written decision in the group.