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· 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”

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Judges: Lee H. Rosenthal

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