2019
Written decisions in the mandamus and agency-delay group decided in 2019, and agency-delay suits filed in 2019.
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 65 cases; the newest of them was decided December 31, 2019. The line at the top counts the whole group.
68written decisions
65cases they come from
8decisions weigh the TRAC factors
29.6median months from the application to the suit
Each case counts once in these outcome counts, by its latest decision here: the 3 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
29.6 months at the median; half fall between 21.4 and 42.2. 22 cases state it.
8 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
39.4 months at the median; half fall between 24.6 and 53.6. 33 decisions state it.
Leaves out the 14 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 application23
- Finish 221(g) processing4
- Decide the asylum application2
- Naturalization hearing or remand (1447(b))8
- Issue a work permit1
- Some other action15
- Not recorded12
Form or filing, by case
Courts with the most decisions
- District of Columbia10
- Northern District of California6
- District of Massachusetts6
- Eastern District of New York6
- District of Maryland4
- Southern District of New York4
- Central District of California3
- Middle District of Florida3
- Eastern District of California2
- Southern District of California2
- Northern District of Illinois2
- Western District of Texas2
Download these 68 decisions as a spreadsheet (CSV).
Examples
The newest case with each of the most common dispositions, by its latest decision.
D.D.C., December 18, 2019. Dismissed; prevailing party: government.
M.D. Fla., October 15, 2019. Dismissed as moot; prevailing party: neither side.
D. Mass., October 9, 2019. 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 2019. Check a delay counts fewer: a court's suits of the last three years against the form's agency.
2,326suits in the docket record
2,315have ended
11still pending
107median 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.1,449
- 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.299
- Dismissed on jurisdiction or the meritsDismissed for want of jurisdiction or on the TRAC factors, or judgment for the government.242
- Ended, outcome not recordedThe record shows the suit ended but not how.128
- Remanded to the agencySent back to the agency, usually a naturalization case under section 1447(b).87
- Judgment for the plaintiffA consent, default or other judgment for the plaintiff.66
- TransferredMoved to another district court.44
Days from the suit's filing to its end
107 days at the median; half fall between 64 and 195. 2,315 dockets state it.
Days from the suit's filing to its end, when it ended once the agency acted
99 days at the median; half fall between 63 and 171. 1,449 dockets state it.
161 of these suits have a written decision in the group.