· 11/18/2008
Sawan v. Chertoff
Citations
- 589 F. Supp. 2d 817
- 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93581
- 2008 WL 4963075
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that a plaintiff “who seeks relief for immigration delays under the Mandamus Act and the APA must make essentially the same showing for both claims”
- “The APA provides a remedy for unlawfully delayed agency action; mandamus is not necessary for relief.”
- ‘‘The APA provides a remedy for unlawfully delayed agency action; mandamus is not necessary for relief.’’
- The APA and Mandamus Act are “merely different means of compelling an agency to take action which by law it is required to take” (citation omitted)
- “the USCIS has express statutory and regulatory duties to process naturalization applications”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Lee H. Rosenthal
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