2024
Written decisions in the mandamus and agency-delay group decided in 2024, and agency-delay suits filed in 2024.
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 460 of the group's written decisions, from 415 cases; the newest of them was decided December 30, 2024. The line at the top counts the whole group.
460written decisions
415cases they come from
165decisions weigh the TRAC factors
19.1median months from the application to the suit
Each case counts once in these outcome counts, by its latest decision here: the 45 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
- Granted (either side's motion)14
- Granted in part30
- Denied (either side's motion)21
- Dismissed238
- Dismissed in part; some claims go on20
- Dismissed as moot28
- Remanded to the agency12
- Magistrate judge's recommendation16
- Transferred to another court23
- Stipulated or agreed order5
- Discovery or record order2
- Procedural order3
- Sanctions order1
- Attorney's fees1
- Not recorded1
Months from the application to the suit
19.1 months at the median; half fall between 8.6 and 34.4. 180 cases state it.
16 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
29 months at the median; half fall between 17.4 and 46.3. 283 decisions state it.
Leaves out the 33 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 application132
- Schedule an interview16
- Finish 221(g) processing125
- Decide the asylum application72
- Naturalization hearing or remand (1447(b))16
- Issue a work permit2
- Some other action28
- Not recorded24
Agency, by case
Form or filing, by case
Courts with the most decisions
- District of Columbia111
- Eastern District of Washington62
- Southern District of New York23
- Eastern District of New York21
- District of Maryland20
- Western District of Washington16
- Eastern District of California15
- Central District of California13
- Northern District of Illinois13
- Northern District of Texas13
- District of Massachusetts12
- Southern District of California11
Download these 460 decisions as a spreadsheet (CSV).
Examples
The newest case with each of the most common dispositions, by its latest decision.
E.D.N.Y., December 26, 2024. Dismissed; prevailing party: government.
D. Ariz., September 12, 2024. Granted in part; prevailing party: each side in part.
W.D. Pa., December 30, 2024. Dismissed as moot; prevailing party: 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 filed in 2024. Check a delay counts fewer: a court's suits of the last three years against the form's agency.
12,781suits in the docket record
12,576have ended
205still pending
87median 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.9,852
- 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.1,302
- Dismissed on jurisdiction or the meritsDismissed for want of jurisdiction or on the TRAC factors, or judgment for the government.571
- Ended, outcome not recordedThe record shows the suit ended but not how.471
- TransferredMoved to another district court.222
- Remanded to the agencySent back to the agency, usually a naturalization case under section 1447(b).144
- Judgment for the plaintiffA consent, default or other judgment for the plaintiff.14
Days from the suit's filing to its end
87 days at the median; half fall between 58 and 161. 12,576 dockets state it.
Days from the suit's filing to its end, when it ended once the agency acted
84 days at the median; half fall between 57 and 154. 9,852 dockets state it.
774 of these suits have a written decision in the group.