Zakimi v. Johnson
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Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SHIRNAWAZ ZAKIMI,
Plaintiff, Case No. 1:22-cv-2048-RCL v.
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Plaintiff filed a complaint for writ of mandamus and injunctive relief alleging that
defendants failed to process and adjudicate plaintiffs Special Immigrant Visa application within
a reasonable period of time. Compl. � 1, ECF No. 1. After the case was transferred to this Court,
defendants moved to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim.
Defs.' Mot. Dismiss, ECF No. 13. That motion was filed in October of 2022 and plaintiff has
neither responded nor filed a motion requesting an extension of time to respond.
Local Civil Rule 7(b) provides that "Within 14 days of the date of service . .. an opposing
party shall serve and file a memorandum of points and authorities in opposition to the motion."
The Rule further states that, when a party fails to file a memorandum "within the prescribed time,
the Court may treat the motion as conceded." That is, it "is well settled that a plaintiffs failure to
respond to a motion to dismiss permits a court to grant the motion as conceded." Bakhaje v.
Blinken, No. 1 :22-cv-642-RCL, 2022 WL 9943852, at * 1 (D.D.C. Oct. 17, 2022) (quoting
Hoffman v. D.C., 681 F. Supp. 2d 86, 94 (D.D.C. 2010)). Therefore, because "[i]t has now been
several months, and plaintiffl] ha[s] not opposed the motion to dismiss, nor filed a request to extend
the time to file such an opposition" this Court will treat the portion of defendants' motion requesting that this Court dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction as conceded and will
accordingly dismiss this case on that basis.
It is hereby ORDERED that defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED and this case is
DISMISSED w,THOUT PREJUDICE for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
The clerk is ORDERED to terminate this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Date: May� 2023 Royce C. Lamberth United States District Judge
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