2008
Written decisions in the mandamus and agency-delay group decided in 2008, and agency-delay suits filed in 2008.
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 68 of the group's written decisions, from 66 cases; the newest of them was decided December 22, 2008. The line at the top counts the whole group.
68written decisions
66cases they come from
6decisions weigh the TRAC factors
30.6median 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
30.6 months at the median; half fall between 21.3 and 43.7. 33 cases state it.
20 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
36.5 months at the median; half fall between 26 and 55.7. 49 decisions state it.
Leaves out the 9 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 application32
- Schedule an interview1
- Naturalization hearing or remand (1447(b))20
- Some other action8
- Not recorded5
Agency, by case
Form or filing, by case
- N-400 (naturalization)32
- I-485 (adjustment of status)23
- DS-260 (immigrant visa)1
- I-129 (worker petition)1
- I-131 (travel document)1
- I-140 (immigrant worker petition)1
- I-360 (special immigrant petition)1
- I-730 (refugee or asylee relative petition)1
- I-751 (removal of conditions)1
- I-765 (EAD)1
- I-918 (U visa)1
Courts with the most decisions
- Western District of Washington9
- District of Columbia6
- Northern District of Illinois6
- Northern District of California4
- District of Massachusetts4
- District of Minnesota4
- Southern District of New York4
- Eastern District of Michigan3
- Eastern District of Virginia3
- Southern District of Florida2
- Western District of Michigan2
- Eastern District of Wisconsin2
Download these 68 decisions as a spreadsheet (CSV).
Examples
The newest case with each of the most common dispositions, by its latest decision.
D. Mass., November 19, 2008. Denied; prevailing party: applicant.
N.D. Cal., December 22, 2008. Dismissed; prevailing party: government.
D. Mass., December 17, 2008. Granted; 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 2008. 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.