In re the Marriage of Pelton

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• holding that court had authority to review consular official’s decision to “suspend” a visa application, which was not “a decision within the discretion of the consul”
• holding that the consular officer’s letter was neither a final decision nor a refusal under 22 C.F.R. § 42.81(b) because the visa applications were being held in abeyance
• finding that a refusal was 2 not a final decision where the consul admitted it was holding the application in abeyance
• identifying that a claim 13 pursuant to the Mandamus Act requires that no other adequate remedy be 14 available
• stating that mandamus is an “extraordinary remedy” and setting forth the requirements for mandamus relief
• determining that an eight-year 27 delay in the adjudication of a Visa petition constituted a failure to act in accordance with a 28 duty under the Mandamus Act

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