C D
Feb 24, 2024
WRIT OF MANDAMUS PRO SE
I’m on a VAWA group on Facebook and someone just post this, I think is importante to share.
PS: it was not me!
It was someone else I’m just sharing because it can be important to someone.
“I would like to write this post to tell about my experience filing a writ of mandamus pro se (without a lawyer)
I petitioned the court on December 1st. It was easy to get the forms. The court has the forms, which I collected for free and filed them up, I also made a complaint form to tell my story, which I joined with the forms provided by the court, I paid around $400 in court fees. After I filed the writ of mandamus, I started counting the days, so around February 1st , I called the court and wondered when the 60 days come to an end, that was when I learned that in order to start counting the 60 days, I needed to serve the defendants first. I did a little bit of research and was able to serve USCIS via email on February 1st (USCIS has a specific email address for process service). I also hired private process servers via the website https://www.proofserve.com/ and served DHS, DOJ and USCIS between february 1st and 15th. I thought I was done with process serving until I was contacted by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota (I live here) 3 days ago advising me that the 60 days will only start counting when I serve them, so, 3 days ago, I hired another process server on the same website to serve the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, the server I hired has 10 days to serve the documents, they have not served it yet and the 60 days have not started counting and my case was approved today, exactly 21 days after I served USCIS via email.
I filed my writ of mandamus to request the approval of both my green card and my vawa, so, I will continue the process to get the approval of my green card. The process server I hired is going to serve the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota in the next few days and after the documents get served, I will start counting the 60 days to get my green card. I will let you guys know how it goes. I plan to write a letter to the judge next week to advise them on when the 60 days start counting and the progress made so far by USCIS by approving my vawa.
Overall, I will advise anybody thinking about filing a writ of mandamus pro se to go ahead and do so, it is a very easy process and you will learn it as you get down to it, I saved $6000 in lawyer fees by doing it myself so you can do it to force a decision on your case.”
-Ricky Kemonou Jr. via Facebook group called I-485 Adjustment Of Status for VAWA, Divorced, Singles.
He said on the coments that he applied for VAWA in February 2021.
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Nicki MFeb 24, 2024
wow! this is courageous and amazing!!!!
lala lalaFeb 24, 2024
Wow! This is really interesting! Thank you so much for taking time to share this piece!
Merciful God🙏 Merciful GodFeb 24, 2024
congratulations 🎊 👏 💐
F AFeb 24, 2024
Thanks for sharing, I believe it will help a lot of people. Here is my advice, if you have a clean profile and your case is out of processing time, please go ahead and do this. There’s no big deal in asking them to make a decision on your case, if your case is good, they will not deny because you file mandamus. They always give a reason why they are denying your case and if you think otherwise, you can always appeal. Goodluck to us all
I eat raw garlicFeb 24, 2024
@C D thank you for sharing.
zumunda ndaFeb 24, 2024
wow 😮 I envy your courage 👏🏽👏🏽congratulations
T EndlessWaitFeb 24, 2024
do you have a link to a writ of mandamus vawa example. I’m considering to file one next month if I don’t get any action from congress about this waiting bs. I would extremely appreciate any resources/drafts/examples to look over so I can prepare it myself.
T EndlessWaitFeb 24, 2024
thank you! @C D
David GFeb 25, 2024
@T EndlessWait author of original post on FB mentioned he got mandamus help from here writofmandamususcis.weebly.com
T EndlessWaitFeb 25, 2024
@David G how much do they charge to write one do you know by any chance??
David GFeb 25, 2024
@T EndlessWait as i understand it depends on your petition... it's not much. just contact and ask them...
C DFeb 28, 2024
Hifyberry ifyMar 1, 2024
@free life please can I get the forms at the same website? Thank you
Hifyberry ifyMar 1, 2024
@David G did you use them?
David GMar 1, 2024
@Hifyberry ify my friend used them for his delayed case, he sued and got papers within 45 days.
Jon DoeApr 2, 2024
@David G what's considered "delayed" here? I'm almost 900 days which is more than the average 23 months for Minneapolis FO. whenever I ask Emma or my congressman, I'm told I'm still "within the normal processing time". can I file a writ of mandamus still?
DJ RezApr 9, 2024
@jon doe
What I read everywhere - anyone can sue even after a month of applying.
By some laws and court usually like to see at least 12 months wait after petition applied. And if you suffer and have good case, and good cause to "expedite" the case you can sue....
Grace and MercyJun 27, 2024
please did you have any attorney or lawyer on your case at the time you file the writ of mandamus pro se or you’ve been representing yourself from the start? and if you do have a attorney, did you withdraw your case from them before filling the writ of mandamus or not. kindly help clarify. thank you
Cerj RajJul 8, 2024
@Grace and Mercy
As he stated he hired the service the link is above. They helped him with everything. As they helped many others.
John LoriNov 20, 2024
great
