2007
Written decisions in the mandamus and agency-delay group decided in 2007, and agency-delay suits filed in 2007.
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 57 of the group's written decisions, from 57 cases; the newest of them was decided December 28, 2007. The line at the top counts the whole group.
57written decisions
57cases they come from
4decisions weigh the TRAC factors
32median months from the application to the suit
Each case counts once in these outcome counts, by its latest decision here. 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
32 months at the median; half fall between 26.6 and 41.3. 32 cases state it.
27 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
39.8 months at the median; half fall between 29.1 and 48.1. 49 decisions state it.
Leaves out the 3 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 application26
- Naturalization hearing or remand (1447(b))27
- Some other action2
- Not recorded2
Courts with the most decisions
- District of Massachusetts6
- District of Columbia5
- Northern District of Texas5
- Western District of Missouri4
- Middle District of Florida3
- District of New Jersey3
- Eastern District of Virginia3
- Northern District of Georgia2
- Northern District of Illinois2
- Eastern District of Michigan2
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania2
- Western District of Wisconsin2
Download these 57 decisions as a spreadsheet (CSV).
Examples
The newest case with each of the most common dispositions, by its latest decision.
E.D.N.C., December 28, 2007. Dismissed; prevailing party: government.
W.D. Mo., December 11, 2007. Remanded to the agency; prevailing party: applicant.
D.N.M., December 17, 2007. Denied; 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 2007. 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.