2005
Written decisions in the mandamus and agency-delay group decided in 2005, and agency-delay suits filed in 2005.
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.
How the decisions came out
This page counts 18 of the group's written decisions, from 16 cases; the newest of them was decided November 10, 2005. The line at the top counts the whole group.
18written decisions
16cases they come from
1decisions weigh the TRAC factors
43.4median months from the application to the suit
Each case counts once in these outcome counts, by its latest decision here: the 2 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
Months from the application to the suit
43.4 months at the median; half fall between 38.7 and 75.5. 5 cases state it.
6 of these are section 1447(b) naturalization suits, whose months run from the application; the statute's 120 days run from the interview, which these figures do not measure.
Months from the application to the court's decision
40.2 months at the median; half fall between 12 and 50. 13 decisions state it.
Leaves out the 2 decisions holding that the agency had acted: their months to the decision are not a delay.
What the suits asked for, by case
- Decide the application7
- Naturalization hearing or remand (1447(b))6
- Some other action2
- Not recorded1
Courts with the most decisions
- Eastern District of New York3
- Southern District of New York3
- Northern District of California2
- District of Columbia2
- District of Minnesota2
- District of Arizona1
- Northern District of Ohio1
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania1
- Western District of Pennsylvania1
- Northern District of Texas1
- Eastern District of Virginia1
Download these 18 decisions as a spreadsheet (CSV).
Examples
The newest case with each of the most common dispositions, by its latest decision.
S.D.N.Y., October 13, 2005. Dismissed; prevailing party: government.
D.D.C., September 30, 2005. Granted; prevailing party: government.
W.D. Pa., August 26, 2005. Remanded to the agency; prevailing party: applicant.
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 filed in 2005. Check a delay counts fewer: a court's suits of the last three years against the form's agency.
0 dockets: fewer than 5, so no distribution is shown.