2025
Written decisions in the mandamus and agency-delay group decided in 2025, and agency-delay suits filed in 2025.
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 605 of the group's written decisions, from 565 cases; the newest of them was decided December 31, 2025. The line at the top counts the whole group.
605written decisions
565cases they come from
129decisions weigh the TRAC factors
17.1median months from the application to the suit
Each case counts once in these outcome counts, by its latest decision here: the 40 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)36
- Granted in part6
- Denied (either side's motion)39
- Dismissed328
- Dismissed in part; some claims go on27
- Dismissed as moot48
- Remanded to the agency17
- Magistrate judge's recommendation27
- Transferred to another court12
- Stipulated or agreed order17
- Discovery or record order2
- Procedural order3
- Sanctions order1
- Attorney's fees2
Months from the application to the suit
17.1 months at the median; half fall between 9.5 and 33. 243 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
24.5 months at the median; half fall between 15.1 and 41.9. 378 decisions state it.
Leaves out the 51 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 application121
- Schedule an interview12
- Finish 221(g) processing160
- Decide the asylum application92
- Naturalization hearing or remand (1447(b))16
- Issue a work permit56
- Some other action56
- Not recorded52
Agency, by case
Form or filing, by case
Courts with the most decisions
- District of Columbia89
- District of Nebraska64
- Central District of California34
- Northern District of California26
- Eastern District of New York26
- Northern District of Illinois21
- District of Maryland21
- Southern District of New York20
- Western District of Washington20
- Eastern District of California19
- Southern District of Florida19
- Eastern District of Virginia17
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Examples
The newest case with each of the most common dispositions, by its latest decision.
N.D. Cal., December 30, 2025. Dismissed; prevailing party: government.
D.D.C., December 22, 2025. Dismissed as moot; prevailing party: neither side.
E.D. Cal., December 1, 2025. Denied; prevailing party: government.
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 2025. Check a delay counts fewer: a court's suits of the last three years against the form's agency.
8,996suits in the docket record
8,199have ended
797still pending
94median 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.6,348
- 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.650
- Dismissed on jurisdiction or the meritsDismissed for want of jurisdiction or on the TRAC factors, or judgment for the government.489
- Ended, outcome not recordedThe record shows the suit ended but not how.455
- TransferredMoved to another district court.114
- Remanded to the agencySent back to the agency, usually a naturalization case under section 1447(b).113
- Judgment for the plaintiffA consent, default or other judgment for the plaintiff.30
Days from the suit's filing to its end
94 days at the median; half fall between 60 and 164. 8,199 dockets state it.
Days from the suit's filing to its end, when it ended once the agency acted
86 days at the median; half fall between 59 and 150. 6,348 dockets state it.
1,079 of these suits have a written decision in the group.