Saleem v. Keisler

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “finding that these regulations are drafted on the assumption that defendants will decide each application.”
• noting that even where statutes did not contain an explicit command to adjudicate an application for adjustment of status within a particular time period, “the regulations are drafted on the assumption that defendants will decide each application”
• listing “length of the delay” as a factor for courts to consider in assessing reasonableness of delay
• addressing different provision of the INA and noting, “no matter how narrowly a court defines ‘action,’ it would require an Orwellian twisting of the word to conclude that it means a failure to adjudicate”
• examining the phrase ‘a decision or action’ in a different provision of the INA and finding that “no matter how narrowly a court defines ‘action,’ it would require an Orwellian twisting of the word to conclude that it means a failure to adjudicate”
• “The duty to act is no duty at all if the deadline is eternity.” (quotation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).