Osunsanya v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Servs., CIVIL ACTION NO. 06-10625-RWZ, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9474, February 12, 2007.

• A plaintiff filed a writ of mandamus against the U.S.C.I.S. (U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services) because it was taking more than 2 years to adjudicate his green card application (immigration has to adjudicate applications in a timely manner). After he filed his complaint, he alleged that USCIS threatened his wife and coerced her into signing documents that provided the grounds for the denial of his residency application. After denying his residency application, immigration moved to dismiss his law suit, stating that the court no longer had jurisdiction to review the matter because his application had been denied and therefore the adjudication was complete. Our office filed an opposition to immigration’s motion dismiss and convinced the court that because the denial was allegedly based on improper government conduct, it is invalid and the District Court has jurisdiction to review the matter. The court ruled in our favor.