Agency-delay suits

Mandamus, APA and naturalization-hearing suits in the docket record, with when each was filed, when and how it ended. Most end without a written decision. Party names are left out; the docket number opens the public docket.

2,948 written decisions from 2,691 cases in the whole mandamus and agency-delay group, the group's newest decided November 10, 2026. Updated November 11, 2026 at 1:21 p.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 1,632 public decisions since January 1, 2025 that a CourtListener and GovInfo search for mandamus and agency delay finds, Passim holds 1,398 (86%), measured November 11, 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.

Suits by court

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CourtSuitsStill pendingMedian days to the end
District of Columbia5,898439105
District of Minnesota7144284
District of Nebraska8036865
District of North Dakota48778
District of South Dakota60122
Eastern District of Arkansas190117
Eastern District of Missouri1591079
Northern District of Iowa241115
Southern District of Iowa26391
Western District of Arkansas223101
Western District of Missouri1321486.5
Middle District of Alabama262104
Middle District of Florida1,2747298.5
Middle District of Georgia32024100.5
Northern District of Alabama865102
Northern District of Florida545113
Northern District of Georgia1,56576100
Southern District of Alabama101111
Southern District of Florida1,7059469
Southern District of Georgia95692
Eastern District of Louisiana1161093
Eastern District of Texas3753192
Middle District of Louisiana331107.5
Northern District of Mississippi81125
Northern District of Texas1,3559774
Southern District of Mississippi180129
Southern District of Texas1,438107113
Western District of Louisiana312122
Western District of Texas4125698
District of Maine25585.5
District of Massachusetts1,32516196
District of New Hampshire414168
District of Puerto Rico33869
District of Rhode Island53484
District of Maryland2,164190102
District of South Carolina21223111
Eastern District of North Carolina1469105
Eastern District of Virginia2,222166114
Middle District of North Carolina1608111
Northern District of West Virginia51–
Southern District of West Virginia71130.5
Western District of North Carolina20221104
Western District of Virginia6710120
Central District of California8,69827888
District of Alaska244134.5
District of Arizona35125103
District of Guam2––
District of Hawaii350112
District of Idaho142124
District of Montana13269
District of Nevada24129152
District of Oregon15329103
Eastern District of California77576124
Eastern District of Washington138597
Northern District of California3,916318126
Northern Mariana Islands72163
Southern District of California48639122
Western District of Washington1,518131102
District of Connecticut1991788.5
District of Vermont2,8468472
Eastern District of New York10,43920264
Northern District of New York12212104
Southern District of New York2,74010478
Western District of New York113792.5
Central District of Illinois582122
Eastern District of Wisconsin1341293.5
Northern District of Illinois3,53521193
Northern District of Indiana785129
Southern District of Illinois10085.5
Southern District of Indiana1701393
Western District of Wisconsin95984
Eastern District of Kentucky533149.5
Eastern District of Michigan53734100
Eastern District of Tennessee575114.5
Middle District of Tennessee13319116
Northern District of Ohio14711112.5
Southern District of Ohio31636128
Western District of Kentucky61990.5
Western District of Michigan123578
Western District of Tennessee436112
District of Colorado4674287
District of Kansas92371
District of New Mexico1181884
District of Utah635111.5
District of Wyoming5060
Eastern District of Oklahoma6042.5
Northern District of Oklahoma142107.5
Western District of Oklahoma563125
District of Delaware173102.5
District of New Jersey1,58895105
District of the Virgin Islands50270
Eastern District of Pennsylvania8217874
Middle District of Pennsylvania1321188
Western District of Pennsylvania951066

A dash marks a court with fewer than 5 suits, or none that has ended: no distribution is shown for it.

Many suits end by a docket entry with no written decision, often a remand order that gives the agency a deadline. "Docket text" under a suit's ending shows that entry and, where its words state them, the agency's deadline, what the plaintiff may do if the agency does not act, and whether the court kept the case, each beside the words it was read from.

A suit's class is read from its docket: "Ended once the agency acted" counts voluntary and stipulated dismissals and dismissals as moot, which is how most suits end after the agency decides; the docket rarely says why. How suits are classed.