Grishau v. Mayorkas ( 2023 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
VLADIMIR GRISHAU,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 22-3695 (JDB)
v.
ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS ET AL.,
Defendants.
ORDER
On December 9, 2022, plaintiff filed a petition for a writ of mandamus. Pet. for Writ of
Mandamus & Declaratory J. [ECF No. 1]. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss on March 20,
2023. Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss [ECF No. 9]. Under the local rules, plaintiff had 14 days to respond
to the motion. See D.C. Local Civ. R. 7(b). When an opposition “is not filed within the prescribed
time, the Court may treat the motion as conceded.” Id. Long after that 14-day deadline had passed,
the Court offered plaintiff one last chance to “file any opposition to the motion to dismiss by not
later than May 24, 2023, or the Court will grant the motion as unopposed.” May 10, 2023 Min.
Order. Plaintiff did not file any opposition by that date.
For these reasons, it is hereby
ORDERED that [9] defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED as unopposed; it is
further
ORDERED that [1] plaintiff’s petition for a writ of mandamus and a declaratory judgment
is dismissed.
SO ORDERED.
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/s/
JOHN D. BATES
United States District Judge
Dated: May 30, 2023
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